Main Cause of Deterioration in Wet–Dry Test Method on Base Course Material
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 32, Issue 3
Abstract
The wet–dry cycles test examines the durability of stabilized soils. The deterioration process in this test can be attributed to multiple factors, so this attempt aims to explore the most important one. Uniaxial compression strength, shrinkage, and wet–dry cycles test results were applied in coupled and transient thermo-hydro-mechanical analyses to simulate one cycle of the test. It is found that moisture diffusion generates high stresses in the surface which indicates shrinkage as the dominant degrading factor.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 32 • Issue 3 • March 2020
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Received: Feb 1, 2018
Accepted: Jul 29, 2019
Published online: Jan 6, 2020
Published in print: Mar 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Jun 6, 2020
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