USE OF PRESSUREMETER TEST TO PREDICT MODULUS AND STRENGTH OF PAVEMENT LAYERS.

This article shows how a pressuremeter test can replace plate tests to advantage. A 1-in diameter hole is made through the pavement and pressuremeter tests are run every foot down to a depth of 6 ft. Each test yields a deformation modulus, so that a modulus profile is obtained at each hole location. The results of a comparison between 93 pavement pressuremeter tests and 11 plate tests performed at two airport sites indicate that the pavement pressuremeter can be used for pavement design. A procedure based on multilayer elastic theory is also discussed.

USE OF PRESSUREMETER TEST TO PREDICT MODULUS AND STRENGTH OF PAVEMENT LAYERS. Academic Article