Project status
Completed
Start date: 09/01/07
End date: 08/01/11
Researcher(s)
Principal investigators:
- David White | 515-294-1463 | djwhite@iastate.edu (project list)
Co-principal investigators:
- Heath Gieselman
- Pavana Vennapusa | Earthworks Engineering Research Center | 515-294-2395 | pavanv@iastate.edu (project list)
Student researchers:
- Brad Fleming | 515-294-7302
- Luke Johanson | einar86@iastate.edu
- Rachel Goldsmith | 515-294-2714 | rmgold@iastate.edu
- Jiake Zhang | 515-294-4015 | zhjiake@gmail.com
- Justin Harland
- Stephen Quist
About the research
A full description of the project is available on the Federal Highway Administration pooled fund study website: http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/359.
CEER team members are involved in the project to provide expertise with compaction monitoring technologies, conduct in-situ testing on field project sites using the Geotechnical Mobile Lab and open houses on field project sites to disseminate project findings, and provide training to agency and industry participants
Reports:
- Minnesota Rt4 Field Study Final Report (4.00 mb pdf) June 2008
- A Review of Roller-Integrated Compaction Technologies for Earthworks (1.04 mb pdf) April 2010
- Indiana SR25 Field Study Final Report (2.60 mb pdf) April 2011
- Kansas US69 Field Study Report (3.39 mb pdf) May 2009
- Mississippi US84 Field Study Final Report (7.71 mb pdf) April 2010
- New York US219 Field Study Final Report (4.99 mb pdf) January 2010
- North Dakota US12 Field Study Final Report (4.94 mb pdf) November 2010
- Texas FM156 Field Study Final Report (4.86 mb pdf) November 2008
Sponsor(s)/partner(s)
Sponsor(s):
- Ammann Construction Equipment
- Bomag Americas, Inc.
- Case Construction Equipment
- Dynapac
- Federal Highway Administration Transportation Pooled Fund (TPF-5(128))
- Sakai Heavy Industries Ltd.
- State DOT Partners: IN, KS, MN, MS, ND, NY, TX
- Transtec Group
Lime stabilization of subgrade FM 156 Fort Worth
Compaction of lime stabilized subgrade using Case padfoot RICM roller FM 156 Fort Worth, TX
Static plate load testing RM 156 Fort Worth, TX
Compaction of lime stabilized subgrade using Case padfoot RICM roller FM 156 Fort Worth, TX
LWD testing by DOT field engineers SR25, West Lafayette, IN