Faculty - Research - Civil Engineering Applications
of Tire Chips PublicationsHumphrey, D.N., and Eaton, R.A.
(1995), "Field Performance of Tire Chips as Subgrade Insulation
for Rural Roads," Proceedings of the Sixth International
Conference on Low-Volume Roads,
Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., Vol. 2, pp.
77-86.
Cosgrove, T.A. (1995), "Interface
Strength Between Tire Chips and Geomembrane for Use as a Drainage
Layer in a Landfill Cover," Geosynthetics'95,
Industrial Fabrics Association, St. Paul, Minnesota, Vol. 3, pp.
1157-1168.
Humphrey, D.N., and Eaton, R.A.
(1994), "Performance of Tire Chips as an Insulating Layer Beneath
Gravel Surface Roads," Proceedings of the Fourth International
Symposium on Cold Region Development,
Espoo, Finland, pp. 125-126.
Humphrey, D.N., and Nickels, W.L.,
Jr. (1994), "Tire Chips as Subgrade Insulation and Lightweight
Fill," Proceedings of the 18th Annual Meeting of the Asphalt Recycling
and Reclaiming Association,
Asphalt Recycling and Reclaiming Association, Annapolis, Maryland,
pp. 83-105.
Gharegrat, H. (1993), "Finite
Element Analyses of Pavements Underlain by a Tire Chip Layer and
of Retaining Walls with Tire Chip Backfill," M.S. Thesis,
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Maine, Orono,
Maine, 222 pages.
Humphrey, D.N., and Sandford, T.C.
(1993), "Tire Chips as Lightweight Subgrade Fill and Retaining
Wall Backfill," Proceedings of the Symposium on Recovery and Effective Reuse of
Discarded Materials and By-Products for Construction of Highway
Facilities,
Federal Highway Administration, Denver, Colorado, pp. 5-87 to
5-99.
Humphrey, D.N., and Eaton, R.A.
(1993), "Tire Chips as Subgrade Insulation - Field Trial,"
Proceedings of the
Symposium on Recovery and Effective Reuse of Discarded Materials
and By-Products for Construction of Highway Facilities,
Federal Highway Administration, Denver, Colorado, pp. 5-55 to
5-68.
Humphrey, D.N., and Eaton, R.A.
(1993), "Tire Chips as Insulation Beneath Gravel Surfaced Roads,"
Proceedings of
the International Symposium on Frost in Geotechnical Engineering,
Anchorage, Alaska, A.A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam,
Netherlands, pp. 137-149.
Humphrey, D.N., Sandford, T.C.,
Cribbs, M.M., and Manion, W.P. (1993), "Shear Strength and
Compressibility of Tire Chips for Use as Retaining Wall Backfill,"
Transportation
Research Record No. 1422,
Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., pp. 29-35.
Humphrey, D.N. and Manion, W.P.
(1992), "Properties of Tire Chips for Lightweight Fill,"
Proceedings of
Grouting, Soil Improvement, and Geosynthetics,
New Orleans, Louisiana, Vol. 2, pp. 1344-1355.
Humphrey, D.N., Sandford, T.C.,
Cribbs, M.M., Gharegrat, H.G., and Manion, W.P. (1992), "Tire
Chips as Lightweight Backfill for Retaining Walls - Phase I,"
A
Study for the New England Transportation Consortium, Department of
Civil Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 137 pp. +
appendices.
Manion, W.P., and Humphrey, D.N.
(1992), "Use of Tire Chips as Lightweight and Conventional
Embankment Fill, Phase I - Laboratory," Technical Paper 91-1,
Technical Services Division, Maine Department of Transportation,
Augusta, Maine, 151 pp. + appendices.
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