Solar power provides a clean and cost-effective energy source and construction of solar farms in Australia has increased significantly. Extreme weather conditions such as drought and flooding and other climate-change related events need to be considered in the design...
Geogrids are used to reinforced and stabilise the roads and improve the bearing capacity of pavements on soft subgrades. Additionally, geogrids installed within granular layer of a pavement formation are frequently used to control environmental distress and limit...
Industry familiarity with density-based assessment for Quality Control (QC) purposes currently hampers the use of more accurate tests. An ARRB research project identified several alternative quality tests that have the potential to provide improved accuracy (as...
Density has historically satisfied a 1 parameter need in quality control assessment. Other quality parameters are assessed independently. But modulus and performance-based subgrade design aggregates influences such as density, moisture content, material quality,...
The satisfactory performance of well-designed pavement sectionshinges on the appropriate compaction of layers in the field, especially compacted geomaterials forming the foundation layers. In-situ spot density tests are standard practice for assessing the compaction...