Standards for tire-bale erosion control and bank stabilization projects: validation of existing practice and implementation.

Ghosh, Ashok Kumar; Dias Wilson, Claudia M.; Budek-Schmeisser, Andrew; Razavi, Mehrdad; Harrision,Bruce; Birbahadur, Naitram; Felli, Prosfer; Budek-Schmeisser, Barbara

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Standards for tire-bale erosion control and bank stabilization projects: validation of existing practice and implementation.

2010-09-01
By Ghosh, Ashok Kumar ; Dias Wilson, Claudia M. ; Budek-Schmeisser, Andrew

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Ghosh, Ashok Kumar ; Dias Wilson, Claudia M. ; Budek-Schmeisser, Andrew ; Razavi, Mehrdad ; Harrision,Bruce ; Birbahadur, Naitram ; Felli, Prosfer ; Budek-Schmeisser, Barbara
Corporate Creators:

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Federal Highway Administration
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Publication/ Report Number:

NM08MNT-01
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

New Mexico
Edition:

Final report; March 2008-Sept. 2010.
Corporate Publisher:

New Mexico. Dept. of Transportation. Research Bureau
Abstract:

In an effort to promote the use of increasing stockpiles of waste tires and a growing demand for adequate ; backfill material in highway construction, NMDOT has embarked on a move to use compressed tire-bales ; as a means to reduce cost of construction and to recycle used tires which would otherwise occupy much ; larger space in landfills or be improperly disposed. Compressing the tires into bales has prompted unique ; environmental, technical, and economic opportunities. This is due to the significant volume reduction ; obtained when using tire-bales (approximately 100 auto tires with a volume of 20 cubic yards can be ; compressed to 2 cubic yard blocks, i.e. a tenfold reduction in landfill space). Lighter unit weight, (37 pcf ; dry), results in lower earth pressure with lesser possibility for foundation failure. ; The objective of this project is to address the question, “Can tire-bales be used as a cost effective alternate ; fill material for erosion control and bank stabilization projects?”
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CO5119
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