The Unified Soil Classification System, Appendix B: Characteristics of Soil Groups Pertaining to Roads and Airfields
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Report describing various kinds of soils and their characteristics, for use in constructing roads and airfields: "The properties desired in soils for foundations under roads and airfields and for base courses under flexible pavements are: adequate strength, good compaction characteristics, adequate drainage, resistance to frost action in areas where frost is a factor, and acceptable compression and expansion characteristics. Certain of these properties, if inadequate in the soils available, may…
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Date:
June 1957
Creator:
Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
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