Resilient Modulus for Fine‐Grained Subgrade Soils
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume 120, Issue 6
Abstract
A method has been developed for the estimation of resilient modulus of compacted fine‐grained subgrade soils. The method takes into account the influence of soil physical state, stress state, and soil type. The effect of soil physical state is quantified by combinations of two equations relating resilient modulus to moisture content. One equation is for paths of constant dry density and the other is for paths of constant compactive effort. The effect of stress state is determined by equations relating resilient modulus at optimum moisture content to deviator stress so that the equation parameters represent the effect of soil type and its structure. Means to estimate the resilient modulus at optimum moisture content are suggested in the absence of actual test data. Examples of applications of this method showed that it is simple and versatile and also gives consistency between predicted resilient modulus and resilient modulus test results.
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Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume 120 • Issue 6 • June 1994
Pages: 939 - 957
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Copyright © 1994 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Feb 16, 1993
Published online: Jun 1, 1994
Published in print: Jun 1994
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