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STP 1437 Resilient Modulus Testing for Pavement Components Gary N.Durham,W.Allen Marr,and Willard L.DeGroff,editors ASTM Stock Number:STPl437 INTERNATIONAL ASTM International 100 Barr Harbor Drive PO Box C700 West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959 Printed in the U.S.A.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ISBN:0-8031-3461-4 Copyright?9 2003 ASTM International,West Conshohocken,PA.All rights reserved.This material may not be reproduced or copied,in whole or in part,in any printed,mechanical,electronic,film,or other distribution and storage media,without the written consent of the publisher.Photocopy Rights Authorization to photocopy items for internal,personal,or educational classroom use,or the internal,personal,or educational classroom use of specific clients,is granted by ASTM International(ASTM)provided that the appropriate fee is paid to the Copyright Clearance Center,222 Rosewood Drive,Danvers,MA 01923;Tel:978-750-8400;online:http:/ Review Policy Each paper published in this volume was evaluated by two peer reviewers and at least one edi-tor.The authors addressed all of the reviewers comments to the satisfaction of both the technical editor(s)and the ASTM International Committee on Publications.To make technical information available as quickly as possible,the peer-reviewed papers in this publication were prepared camera-ready as submitted by the authors.The quality of the papers in this publication reflects not only the obvious efforts of the authors and the technical editor(s),but also the work of the peer reviewers.In keeping with long-standing publication practices,ASTM International maintains the anonymity of the peer reviewers.The ASTM International Committee on Publications acknowledges with appreciation their dedication and con-tribution of time and effort on behalf of ASTM International.Printed in Ann Arbor,MI 2003 Foreword The Symposium on Resilient Modulus Testing for Pavement Components was held in Salt Lake City,Utah on 27-28 June 2002.ASTM International Committee D18 on Soil and Rock and Subcommittee D18.09 on Cyclic and Dynamic Properties of Soils served as sponsors.Symposium chairmen and co-editors of this publication were Gary N.Durham,Durham Geo-Enterprises,Stone Mountain,Georgia;W.Allen Mart,Geocomp Incorporated,Boxborough,Massachusetts;and Willard L.DeGroff,Fugro South,Houston,Texas.Contents Overview vii SESSION I:THEORY AND DESIGN CONSTRAINTS Use of Resilient Modulus Test Results in Flexible Pavement Design-s.NAZARIAN L ABDALLAH A.MESHKAN!,AND L.KE AASHTO T307-Background and Discussion-J.L.GROEGER,G.R.RADA,AND A.LOPEZ Repeatability of the Resilient Modulus Test Procedure-R.L.BOUDREAU Implementation of Startup Procedures in the Laboratory-J.L.GROEGER,A.BRO,G.R.RADA,AND A.LOPEZ 16 30 41 SESSION 2:TESTING CONSTRAINTS AND VARIABLES Resilient Modulus Variations with Water Content-J.LI AND B.S.QUBAIN Effect of Moisture Content and Pore Water Pressure Buildup on Resilient Modulus of Cohesive Soils in Ohio-T,s.BUTAUA,J.HUANG,D.-G.KIM,AND F.CROFT Design Subgrade Resilient Modulus for Florida Subgrade Soils-N.BANDARA AND G.M.ROWE 59 70 85 SESSION 3:ASPHALT AND ADMIXTURES Resilient Modulus of Soils and Soil-Cement Mixtures-T.P.TRINDADE,C.A.B.CARVALHO,C.H.C.SILVA,D.C.DE LIMA,AND P.S.A.BARBOSA Geotechnical Characterization of a Clayey Soil Stabilized with Polypropylene Fiber Using Unconfined Compression and Resilient Modulus Testing Data-I IASBIK,D.C.DE LIMA,C.A.B.CARVALHO,C.H.C.SILVA,E.MINETTE,AND P.S.A.BARBOSA 99 i14 SESSION 4:EQUIPMENT,TEST PROCEDURES,AND QUALITY CONTROL ISSUES A Low-Cost High-Performance Alternative for Controlling a Servo-Ilydraulic System for Triaxial Resilient Modulus Apparatus-M.o.BEJARANO,A.C.HEATH,AND J.T.HARVEY A Fully Automated Computer Controlled Resilient Modulus Testing System-W.A.MARR,R.HANKOUR AND S.K.WERDEN A Simple Method for Determining Modulus of Base and Subgrade Materials-s.NAZARIAN,D.YUAN,AND R.R.WILLIAMS Resilient Modulus Testing Using Conventional Geotechnical Triaxial Equipment-J.-M.KONRAD AND C.ROBERT Resilient Modulus Test-Triaxial Cell Interaction-R.L.BOUDREAU AND J.WANG 129 141 152 165 176 SESSION 5 MODELING DATA REDUCTION AND INTERPRETATION Comparison of Laboratory Resilient Modulus with Back-Calculated Elastic Moduli from Large-Scale Model Experiments and FWD Tests on Granular Materials-B.F.TANYU,W.H.KIM,T.B.EDIL,AND C.H.BENSON Resilient Modulus Testing of Unbound Materials:LTPPs Learning Experience-G.R.RADA,J.L.GROEGER,P.N.SCHMALZER,AND A.LOPEZ Resilient Modulus-Pavement Subgrade Design Value-R.L.BOUDREAU The Use of Continuous Intrusion Miniature Cone Penetration Testing in Estimating the Resilient Modulus of Cohesive Soils-L.MOHAMMAD,A.HERATH,AND H.H.TITI Characterization of Resilient Modulus of Coarse-Grained Materials Using the Intrusion Technology-H.H.TITI,L.N.MOHAMMAD,AND A.HERATH 191 209 224 233 252 Overview Resilient Modulus indicates the stiffness of a soil under controlled confinement conditions and repeated loading.The test is i