USE OF GEOFIBRES IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IFITE ROAD AWKA ANAMBRA STATE,NIGERIA

PAUL CHIJIOKE AKUJOR (NAU/2017224047)

Abstract


Roadsinfrastructurearethemostessentialcomponentforsocioeconomicdevelopmentofanycountry(MittalandShukla,2019).(Burnett,2011)opinedthattherearecountlessadvantagesassociatedwiththeconstructionofgoodroadnetworksparticularlywithintheconfinesofsocioeconomicandenvironmentalbenefits.Highwaypavementisanintegratedsystemcomprisingoflayersofsuperimposedprocessedmaterialsabovethenaturalcompactedsub-gradesoilwhichfunctionprimarilytodistributethewheelloadofvehicletothesupportingsoilinsuchawaythatthebearingcapacityofthesupportingsoilisnotexceeded(Kadeyali,1997).Pavementtypesrangesfromflexibletorigidtosemi-rigidandcompositepavement(Kadeyali,1997).

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