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New Paper Alert -Sustainable pavement with geocell reinforced reclaimed-asphalt-pavement (RAP) base layer

Posted on February 16, 2023 by amitgajurel

Recently published paper in Elsevier’s Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 387 February 2023 on the use of geocell to enhance the performance of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) material at a study site near Fort Worth, Texas. The site was monitored for a period of three years to evaluate the pavement performance in terms of rutting, cracking, and riding quality.The application of geocell also helped control the test sections’ bottom-up longitudinal cracking by providing uniform support. The FWD test revealed that the geocell enhanced the GRRB layer stiffness by 20%. The construction cost of the GRRB layer was 22.9% less than the traditional flex base layer. Replacement of flex base material with GRRB material could reduce the emission of CO2 by 37 tons for each lane-km. Details can be found in the link below

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