Funcionalidad y costo-beneficio del uso de geosintética como refuerzo de subgrado en el diseño de pavimento flexible
Resumen
La tensión vertical ejercida por los vehículos será alta en una carretera poblada y, para aumentar la capacidad de carga de las características de subrasante, se puede usar material geosintético. En el presente estudio, se usaron diferentes materiales geosintéticos, como geo-rejilla, geo-textil y geo-membrana, como elemento de refuerzo de subrasante dentro del molde CBR para comprender la mejora en subgrado para capas simples, dos y tres geosintéticas en el molde CBR. Los resultados muestran que hubo un aumento constante en el rodamiento con el aumento en varias capas y esta mejora también varió con el tipo de materiales geosintéticos. Entre los tres materiales geosintéticos, la geomalla muestra características CBR mejoradas. Finalmente, el análisis de costos y el diseño de pavimento flexible se llevaron a cabo para un número óptimo de capas para geomallas. Hubo una reducción de alrededor del 6.38% en el costo de construcción al usar la geomalla como miembro de refuerzo de subrasante.
Palabras clave
análisis de costos, estimación de rodamientos, fibra artificial, membranas, polímero reforzado con fibra, transporte por carretera
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