Food for thoughtCBR of a high quality well-graded crushed stone basecourse materials:and "Modulus of subgrade reaction" for an A-2-5 siltysand (SM):From a CBR test, we can obtainandpci.characteristics ofa soil; R value is obtained from atest;and Cl is shortfor staticwhich iscorrelated to CBR.Percent passing No. 200 sieve for an A-7-6 soil:; and the diameter of astandard plate used in plate loading tests isinches.The Corps of Engineers define modulus of subgradereaction "k" as:In the design of rigid pavements, any correlation of soilmodulus with the modulus of subgradereaction "k" has to includeas an additional variable.GPR:Log CBR = 0.84 – 1.26 * Log (PR). What is PR?SASW:The Hamboldt(HSG) is claimed to be a man-portableinstrument that provides a simple, rapid, and precisemeans of directly measuring in-situ soil modulus.Sketch and define AREA term used in back calculation:

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CBR of a high quality well-graded crushed stone course materials: and "Modulus of subgrade reaction" for an A-2-5 sand (SM): From a CBR test, we can obtain and a soil; R value is obtained from a _pci. characteristics of and Cl is short for static whi correlated to CBR. Percent passing No. 200 sieve for an A-7-6 soil: ; and the diameter of a standard plate used in plate loading tests is

CBR of a high quality well-graded crushed stone course materials: and "Modulus of subgrade reaction" for an A-2-5 sand (SM): From a CBR test, we can obtain and a soil; R value is obtained from a _pci. characteristics of and Cl is short for static whi correlated to CBR. Percent passing No. 200 sieve for an A-7-6 soil: ; and the diameter of a standard plate used in plate loading tests is

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Food for thought
CBR of a high quality well-graded crushed stone base
course materials:
and "Modulus of subgrade reaction" for an A-2-5 silty
sand (SM):
From a CBR test, we can obtain
and
pci.
characteristics of
a soil; R value is obtained from a
test;
and Cl is short
for static
which is
correlated to CBR.
Percent passing No. 200 sieve for an A-7-6 soil:
; and the diameter of a
standard plate used in plate loading tests is
inches.
The Corps of Engineers define modulus of subgrade
reaction "k" as:
In the design of rigid pavements, any correlation of soil
modulus with the modulus of subgrade
reaction "k" has to include
as an additional variable.
GPR:
Log CBR = 0.84 – 1.26 * Log (PR). What is PR?
SASW:
The Hamboldt
(HSG) is claimed to be a man-portable
instrument that provides a simple, rapid, and precise
means of directly measuring in-situ soil modulus.
Sketch and define AREA term used in back calculation:

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