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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2008

Masters Theses

MEPDG

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Resilient Modulus And Strength Index Properties Of Stabilized Base For Tennessee Highways, Wesley M. Macdonald May 2008

Resilient Modulus And Strength Index Properties Of Stabilized Base For Tennessee Highways, Wesley M. Macdonald

Masters Theses

Typical material used by the Tennessee Department of Transportation for highway bases was evaluated for application to the new Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide. Two types of granular Tennessee highway base material were mixed with different stabilizers and tested in the lab according to AASHTO T-307 99 (2003). Unconfined Compressive Strength and California Bearing Ratio tests were also done in an effort to correlate these results with resilient modulus. Three different combinations of base and stabilizer were tested and modeling coefficients were produced. Base structural layer coefficients were generated and compared to coefficients currently in use by TDOT.