The marked tree site : evaluation of basal reinforcement of flexible pavements with geosynthetics.
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2011-12-01
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Abstract:This document presents findings from a three-year, full-scale, field research project
aimed at determining the benefits of using geosynthetic reinforcements to improve the
performance of flexible pavements constructed over poor subgrade soils. The test site, known as
the Marked Tree site, is an 850-ft (258-m) long segment of low-volume frontage road along
Highway 63 in the town of Marked Tree, Arkansas. The site, constructed in 2005, consists of
seventeen 50-ft (15.2-m) long flexible pavement test sections with various types of geosynthetic
reinforcements (woven and nonwoven geotextiles, and geogrids), which were all positioned at
the base-subgrade interface, and two different nominal base course thicknesses [6-in (15.2-cm)
and 10-in (25.4-cm)]. One section in each nominal base course sector was left unreinforced to
allow for monitoring of the relative performance between reinforced and unreinforced sections of
like basal thicknesses.
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