Erodability of Stabilised Pavements Using the Wheel Tracking Test

An estimated total of $1.5 billion dollars is spent on road rehabilitation in Australia per annum. This invokes a sustainabile urgency to ensure reasonable service life is achieved for pavements. Cement treated basecourse provides a strong support to the pavement and is deemed as an alternate soluti...

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Main Authors: Yeo, Yang sheng, Jitsangiam, Peerapong, Nikraz, Hamid
Other Authors: Mohamed A Shahin
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Australian Geomechanics Society 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10818
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author Yeo, Yang sheng
Jitsangiam, Peerapong
Nikraz, Hamid
author2 Mohamed A Shahin
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Yeo, Yang sheng
Jitsangiam, Peerapong
Nikraz, Hamid
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description An estimated total of $1.5 billion dollars is spent on road rehabilitation in Australia per annum. This invokes a sustainabile urgency to ensure reasonable service life is achieved for pavements. Cement treated basecourse provides a strong support to the pavement and is deemed as an alternate solution to reduce maintenance requirements of unsealed roads whilst minimising the generation of dust. When cemented basecourses are used for unsealed roads, its promary purpose it often to maintain serviceability in lieu of sustaining heavy traffic loads, thus the vulnerability to erosion dictates its service life. In Australia, the study of erosion due to tyre loading on cemented pavements and its testing methodology thereof are very limited. The Cooper Wheel Tracking Test typically used for asphalt rutting testing is carried out to determine the Erodibility Index of cement treated crushed rocks. Results indicate that the increase in cement content increases the Erodibility Index. A proposed testing methodology for stabilised basecourse is ultimately derived from the investigation.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-108182023-01-18T08:46:47Z Erodability of Stabilised Pavements Using the Wheel Tracking Test Yeo, Yang sheng Jitsangiam, Peerapong Nikraz, Hamid Mohamed A Shahin Hamid R Nikraz stabilisation unsealed pavements wheel tracking test erodibility dust control An estimated total of $1.5 billion dollars is spent on road rehabilitation in Australia per annum. This invokes a sustainabile urgency to ensure reasonable service life is achieved for pavements. Cement treated basecourse provides a strong support to the pavement and is deemed as an alternate solution to reduce maintenance requirements of unsealed roads whilst minimising the generation of dust. When cemented basecourses are used for unsealed roads, its promary purpose it often to maintain serviceability in lieu of sustaining heavy traffic loads, thus the vulnerability to erosion dictates its service life. In Australia, the study of erosion due to tyre loading on cemented pavements and its testing methodology thereof are very limited. The Cooper Wheel Tracking Test typically used for asphalt rutting testing is carried out to determine the Erodibility Index of cement treated crushed rocks. Results indicate that the increase in cement content increases the Erodibility Index. A proposed testing methodology for stabilised basecourse is ultimately derived from the investigation. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10818 Australian Geomechanics Society fulltext
spellingShingle stabilisation
unsealed pavements
wheel tracking test
erodibility
dust control
Yeo, Yang sheng
Jitsangiam, Peerapong
Nikraz, Hamid
Erodability of Stabilised Pavements Using the Wheel Tracking Test
title Erodability of Stabilised Pavements Using the Wheel Tracking Test
title_full Erodability of Stabilised Pavements Using the Wheel Tracking Test
title_fullStr Erodability of Stabilised Pavements Using the Wheel Tracking Test
title_full_unstemmed Erodability of Stabilised Pavements Using the Wheel Tracking Test
title_short Erodability of Stabilised Pavements Using the Wheel Tracking Test
title_sort erodability of stabilised pavements using the wheel tracking test
topic stabilisation
unsealed pavements
wheel tracking test
erodibility
dust control
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10818