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Report 553 Specification for suitability testing of stress absorbing materials behind integral bridge abutments
Publication Year
2002
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Testing methods to assess the performance of a stress absorbing layer to reduce lateral earth pressures between joint-free integral bridge abutments and the retained soil, caused by seasonal cyclic thermal movements.
Author
Carder, D. R., Darley, P. and Bush, D. I.
Publisher Information
Transport Research Laboratory
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