Hammer, Kevin Phillip
(2005)
ANALYSIS OF GRANULAR MATERIALS IN PENNSYLVANIA HIGHWAYS.
Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
ABSTRACTANALYSIS OF CRUSHING OF GRANULAR BASES IN PENNSYLVANIA HIGHWAYSKevin P. Hammer, MSUniversity of Pittsburgh, 2005The purpose of this study is to investigate the phenomena of crushing of granular materials forming part of actual flexible pavement systems. Crushing can occur in granular bases during three separate phases, installation and placement, compaction and through everyday vehicular traffic. Crushing in the granular base material could result in a breakdown in strength of the pavement section which could results in pavement cracking or pavement failure. Crushing of the pavement base can occur as a result of a combination of compressive and shear stresses that result from traffic loading and/or construction equipment. Very few field studies exist on the crushing of granular materials under asphalt pavements. This investigation will analyze the crushing of granular bases forming part of actual flexible pavements.For this research, granular materials from actual roadways were analyzed using sieve analysis, point load testing and fractal analysis. In addition to the roadway base samples obtained from actual flexible pavements, "baseline" samples were obtained from stockpiles of roadway base typically used by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PENNDOT).A comparison of the actual a road base samples with those "baseline" samples indicated that some crushing took place in the granular bases. This crushing, however, was not severe. This conclusion is based on the results from the sieve and fractal analyses used in the research program.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
13 October 2005 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Defense Date: |
7 July 2005 |
| Approval Date: |
13 October 2005 |
| Submission Date: |
21 July 2005 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Swanson School of Engineering > Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Degree: |
MSCE - Master of Science in Civil Engineering |
| Thesis Type: |
Master's Thesis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
crushing; fractal; granular base |
| Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-07212005-124604/, etd-07212005-124604 |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 19:52 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:46 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8481 |
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