Characterizing natural and recycled granular materials for (sub)base layers of roads by cyclic triaxial testing

The cyclic load triaxial test is a laboratory test which makes it possible to study the mechanical behaviour (resilient and permanent deformations) of unbound granular materials used in base and subbase layers of roads. This paper describes the equipment of the Belgian Road Research Centre and prese...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Grégoire, Colette (author)
Outros Autores: Dethy, Bernard (author), Detry, Jacques (author), Correia, A. Gomes (author)
Formato: conferencePaper
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2009
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/11453
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/11453
Descrição
Resumo:The cyclic load triaxial test is a laboratory test which makes it possible to study the mechanical behaviour (resilient and permanent deformations) of unbound granular materials used in base and subbase layers of roads. This paper describes the equipment of the Belgian Road Research Centre and presents the first results obtained for a natural material commonly used in Belgium and two recycled materials (crushed concrete aggregate and steel slag). The influence of water content and the compaction method on resilient strains is analysed.