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Equivalency of Subgrade Reinforcement Methods
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Project ID: DOT 0092-00-12
Title: Equivalency of Subgrade Reinforcement Methods
PI: Tuncer Edil
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Project: This study will evaluate the relative support strengths of the eight alternative systems of select fill materials that are included in the Department's Facilities Development Manual. These include breaker run stone, granular backfill material, pit run sand and gravel, select granular materials, crushed concrete, geogrids, and stabilization with lime, fly ash or cement.
Start Date: October 1999
End Date: October 2005
Project Award: $100,616
TOC: Geotechnics
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