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An Appraisal of Coral Reef Rock as the Base Course Material of Airport Pavements (1st Report)

Publication year Port and Airport Research Institute Report 014-02-05 1975.06
Author(s) Katsuhisa SATO,Tsutomu FUKUTE,Toyoaki ASAJIMA,Hideo SHIBUYA
Department
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Soils Division Runways Laboratory
Executive Summary

In this paper, the authors continue investigating the applicability of Coral Reef Rock (C・R・R・), which is a sort of limestone produced in the Ryukyu Islands, to the base course of airport pavements.
 It was found that, as C.R.R. has not only a large corrected CBR but also some unconfined compressive strength, it is a useful material for the base course. The
latter characteristic, however, cannot be expected when C.R.R. is soaked.
 On the other hand, when C.R.R. is stabilized with cement, various of its characteristics are improved, e.g. strength, resistance to deformation, water-resistance and anti-fatigue.
 Stress and strain in the base course of asphalt pavements are then examined with an elastic theory. The results obtained are that two or three percent cement is sufficient for the purpose, and some layer equivalencies can be realized.

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