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    Wedging method elimination for light duty asphalt paving

    Hi all, Do you have any experience from international standards if it is possible to eliminate wedging methode in base layer for light duty asphalt paving, say inside the factories where no heavy trucks are allowed? For the heavy duty roads we do crushed stone 0-80 mm fraction then 20-40mm...
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    Joseph E.Bowles foundation analysis and design-swelling clay help

    Hi all, Looking for the help on one issue from this book in 5th edition. on the page 392 there is an example how to estimate overburden Ps pressure to restrain expansion. equation logPs=2.132+0.0208(76.6)+0.665(1.67)-0.0269(22.6) =2.132+2.096=0.226kg/cm2 I do not understand...
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    Road base course water absorption

    Hi all, Looking for any manual or standards dealing with recommended or required water absorption (min/max)for crushed stone for road base course for wedging method. Any numbers or values will be highly appreciated. thanks
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    Pile foundation remedial works-any good idea ???

    Dear All, Looking for any information, experience, literature on pile foundation remedial works. We may have less friction on few our piles according to the recent loading tests and it will be probably necessary to improve pile capacity against uplift.Settlement is no problem.Unfortunatelly...
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    Pile load test-elastic or plastic settlement???

    I am looking for an information how to distinguish between plastic and elastic settlement after unloading the pile. Pile settlement was 52 mm on 1900 ton lading.Pile diameter 2 meters and installed in mudstone, sandy mudstone and sandstone stratas to depth 30m. After unloading there was residual...
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    "Cohesion" on granular material. A

    "Cohesion" on granular material. Any ideas on cohesion use for compacted 95% MPD well graded sand SW-SM ? Material should be used for high embankment 20 m. CIU test shows 10 Kpa cohesion.

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