A study of the effectiveness of Glasgrid and Tensar geogrids as highway reinforcements in the Province of N. B.

Kilpatrick, Diane

A study of the effectiveness of Glasgrid and Tensar geogrids as highway reinforcements in the Province of N. B.

Date

1991

Authors

Kilpatrick, Diane

Publisher

University of New Brunswick

Abstract

I'm sure most people would agree t h a t many s e c t i o n s o f t h e highway t h r o u g h o u t New Brunswick are i n p r e t t y rough c o n d i t i o n. Most, o f these s e c t i o n s are n o t designed t o c a r r y t h e i n c r e a s i n g 1 heavy loads and t r a f f i c volumes t h a t they aire b e i n g s u b j e c t e d t o The i n c r e a s i n g c o s t s and d e c r e a s i n g a v a i l a b i l i t y of good q u a l i t y road c o n s t r u c t i o n m a t e r i a l s have made s y n t h e t i c g r i d s a v i a b l e a l t e r n a t i v e f o r t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f new roads and t h e r e h a b i l i t a t i o n of o l d ones, A r e v i e w of t h e r e s u l t s of 1 aboratory and f i e l d experiments i n v o l v i n g GlasGi\id pavement r e i n f o r c e m e n t mesh and Tensar geogrids was performed, and t h e economic and performance b e n e f it p o s s i b l e from using these grids were analyzed.