Use of Geocell in Pavement Design: Final Report

Details

• Creators:
  Inti, Sundeep ; Tirado, Cesar ; Sharma, Megha ; Tandon, Vivek
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at El Paso. Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bearing capacity
  • Finite element method
  • Life cycle costing
  • Pavement design
  • Subgrade (Pavements)
  • Stresses
  • Strain (Mechanics) Geocell
  • Base
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-21/0-6833-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report September 2014 – August 2017
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Texas at El Paso. Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems
• Abstract:
  This study focused on identifying mechanisms responsible for improved bearing capacity and benefits derived from geocell. The study performed Finite Element Analyses (FEA) and verified the results by performing laboratory tests. In addition, the study developed a design system and performed Life Cycle Cost Analysis to identify the benefits of geocell reinforcement and provided construction guidelines. Based on the FEA and laboratory evaluation, the study identified that the geocell is beneficial when construction needs to be performed with a lower/marginal base and subgrade material is available.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-6833
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60457/dot_60457_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 22.59 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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