Author:Paige-Green, PDate:Jul 2011The 2011 African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering is the 15th in the series of 4 yearly conferences. The majority of the early conferences were held in sub-Saharan Africa with significant contributions from ...Read more
Author:Paige-Green, PDate:Jul 2011The Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP) has been in use since the 1950s for various applications in pavement investigation. During the 1980s, Kleyn and Van Zyl described a method for upgrading unsealed roads to light sealed road standard based ...Read more
Author:Anochie-Boateng, JosephDate:Jul 2011This paper focuses on characterizing the volumetric stiffness behavior of fine-grained subgrade soil at three different moisture states using a newly proposed hydrostatic compression test procedure. The deformation properties obtained from a ...Read more
Author:Anochie-Boateng, JosephDate:Jul 2011The selection of foundation geomaterials including base/subbase unbound granular aggregate is critical for the design of flexible airfield pavements in the United States. These materials must meet the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ...Read more
Author:Paige-Green, P; Pinard, MDate:Jul 2011Although sands cover vast areas of southern Africa, their use as road materials in an untreated state has been generally avoided. An investigation into the properties of various sands has indicated, however, that they can be used as subbase ...Read more
Author:Maharaj, ADate:Jul 2011Dispersive soils are prevalent in many areas around the world and the presence of these soils has always posed a serious problem on potential construction sites. The use of dispersive soils in hydraulic and other engineering structures such ...Read more