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Table 4.11 Elastic deformation <strong>and</strong> percentage <strong>of</strong> elastic deformation at 25 mm permanent<br />

deformation at the center<br />

Test 15 cm<br />

15 cm (hard<br />

subgrade)<br />

107<br />

15 cm 23 cm 30 cm 30 cm<br />

Reinforcement Unreinforced Reinforced Reinforced Reinforced Unreinforced Reinforced<br />

Elastic<br />

deformation<br />

(mm)<br />

Percentage <strong>of</strong><br />

elastic<br />

deformation (%)<br />

4.4.6 Permanent Deformations <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pavement</strong> Layers<br />

3.87 1.96 2.40 2.24 2.93 0.80<br />

68 92 67 82 55 57<br />

Tell-tales were used <strong>to</strong> measure the deformations on the <strong>to</strong>p <strong>of</strong> the subgrade <strong>and</strong> the base<br />

course for all the test sections except the 15 cm thick geocell-reinforced base section (hard<br />

subgrade) <strong>and</strong> the 30 cm thick geocell-reinforced base section. The compression <strong>of</strong> the HMA<br />

surface was determined by subtracting the measured deformation on the <strong>to</strong>p <strong>of</strong> the RAP base<br />

from the measured deformation on the HMA surface at the center <strong>of</strong> the loading plate. Similarly,<br />

the compression <strong>of</strong> the RAP base was determined by subtracting the deformation on the <strong>to</strong>p <strong>of</strong><br />

the subgrade from the deformation on the <strong>to</strong>p <strong>of</strong> the RAP base at the center under the loading<br />

plate. The vertical compressions <strong>of</strong> the HMA surface, the RAP base (unreinforced or geocell-<br />

reinforced), <strong>and</strong> subgrade with the number <strong>of</strong> loading cycles are shown in figures 4.67, 4.68, <strong>and</strong><br />

4.69 respectively. The vertical compressions <strong>of</strong> these layers at the 25 mm permanent deformation<br />

at the center are shown in table 4.12.<br />

Figure 4.67 shows that the compressions <strong>of</strong> the HMA surfaces in the two unreinforced<br />

RAP base sections were much higher than those in the reinforced base sections. Two<br />

explanations for this result are: (1) the density <strong>of</strong> the HMA surfaces in the unreinforced base

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