Modulus-Based Construction Specification for Compaction of Earthwork and Unbound Aggregate – Appendices - Transportation Research Board – NCHRP Project 10-84 – Nazarian et al – Aug 2014
- Date: August 2014
- Author: Soheil Nazarian, PhD, PE, Mehran Mazari, PhD, and Imad Abdallah, PhD, Anand J. Puppala, PhD, PE, Louay N. Mohammad, PhD and Murad Y Abu-Farsakh, PhD
- Year: 2014
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