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Impact of bio-fuel co-product modified subgrade on flexible pavement performance
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Conference Presentations and Proceedings
  • Sunghwan Kim, Iowa State University
  • Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan, Iowa State University
  • Halil Ceylan, Iowa State University
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Conference
Geo-Congress 2012
Publication Date
1-1-2012
DOI
10.1061/9780784412121.155
Geolocation
(37.8043637, -122.2711137)
Abstract

This study explored the feasibility of lignin based biofuel co-product (BCP) for subgrade soil stabilization, and more specifically, its impact on Hot-Mix Asphalt (HMA) pavement performance using the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG). The HMA pavement systems with BCP stabilized subgrade under different traffic and climate conditions were modeled using mechanistic based damage analysis system. The performances of BCP stabilized subgrade and natural soil subgrade sections were compared in terms of fatigue (alligator) cracking and rutting predictions on HMA pavements. The results of this study indicate that BCP stabilization of subgrade soil could achieve more sustainable HMA pavements under different traffic volumes and climate conditions.

Comments

This is a manuscript of an article in Geotechnical Special Publication (224 GSP) 2012: 1505, doi: 10.1061/9780784412121.155. Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
American Society of Civil Engineers
Language
en
Citation Information
Sunghwan Kim, Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan and Halil Ceylan. "Impact of bio-fuel co-product modified subgrade on flexible pavement performance" Oakland, California(2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/halil_ceylan/233/