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Use of Machine Learning to Predict California Bearing Ratio of Soils
Advances in Civil Engineering, 2023 CBR is a crucial metric used to assess the durability of base course materials and subgrade soils in various types of pavements. In this research, the machine learning (ML) approach has been implemented using random forest (RF), decision tree (DT ...
Semachew Molla Kassa +1 more
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Transportation Engineering, 2022 Road pavement defect has been a major issue in the construction industry leading to a high cost of maintenance and sometimes a total reconstruction of the road. Expansive road subgrade materials are one of the major causes of these road defects.
Samuel Y.O. Amakye +2 more
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Granulometric and Chemical Soil Stabilization of Forest Roads Using Cement [PDF]
Anuário do Instituto de Geociências, 2018 This work aimed to analyze the chemical and granulometric stabilization of gravel for forest roads through the use of concrete. The sample was analyzed according to DNIT’s (2006) granulometric range; related to its natural granulometric characteristics ...
Breno Santos Arrivabeni +3 more
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Assessment Of Designed And Measured Mechanistic Parameters Of Concrete Pavement Foundation
The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2019 There are plenty of in situ tests available to examine pavement foundation performance regarding stiffness and support conditions. This study evaluates several in situ tests of the stiffness and support conditions of concrete pavement foundation layers ...
Yang Zhang +2 more
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Physical stabilization of expansive subgrade soil using locally produced geogrid material
SN Applied Sciences, 2021 Article Highlights The strength of weak subgrade soil was strongly improved after the introduction of two locally produced geogrid materials made of polypropylene and high density polyethylene, respectively The geogrid made from polypropylene raw ...
Samson Yonas Aga
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Predicting California Bearing Ratio of Lateritic Soils Using Hybrid Machine Learning Technique
Buildings, 2023 The increase in population has made it possible for better, more cost-effective vehicular services, which warrants good roadways. The sub-base that serves as a stress-transmitting media and distributes vehicle weight to resist shear and radial ...
T. Vamsi Nagaraju +5 more
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DETERMINING THE SUITABILITY OF CLAY AT ITU, AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION [PDF]
Geological Behavior, 2022 Incessant road failures in Nigeria have become an issue of serious concern in recent times as a large portion of states and federal budgets are dedicated to revamping road infrastructures.
Emanuel B. Umoren +3 more
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Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2018 Soils naturally exhibit variable engineering properties and thus make the geotechnical characterization of soil for sustainable design and construction of infrastructure imperative.
H.I. Owamah +3 more
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The influence of CBR parameters of low-frost-susceptible soils on the process of airport pavement design [PDF]
Biuletyn Wojskowej Akademii Technicznej, 2018 The paper presents the issue of layer thickness selection in designing of concrete airport pavements depending on the values of soil substrate calculation parameters.
Jan Marszałek +2 more
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Recycled materials for sublayers
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2023 The article focuses on the recycled materials used in sleeper substructure. In the introduction, it summarizes the requirements for bearing layers of railway substructure and recycling of waste construction materials.
Richard Svoboda +2 more
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