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Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-05-152
Date: February 2006

Guidelines for Review and Evaluation of Backcalculation Results

References

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  2. Dorman, G.M., and C.T. Metcalf, "Design Curves for Flexible Pavements Based on Layered System Theory," Highway Research Record No. 1188, Washington, DC, National Academy Press, 1965, pp. 69-84.
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  6. LTPP Data Analysis: Feasibility of Using FWD Deflection Data to Characterize Pavement Construction Quality, Project 20-50(09): NCHRP Web Document #52 (http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=942), Washington, DC, NCHRP, November 2002.
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  8. Khazanovich, L., S.D. Tayabji, and M.I. Darter, Backcalculation of Layer Parameters for Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Test Sections, Volume I: Slab on Elastic Solid and Slab on Dense-Liquid Foundation Analysis of Rigid Pavements, FHWA-RD-00-086, Washington, DC, FHWA, January 2001, available online at https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/infrastructure/pavements/ltpp/00086/00086.pdf

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