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Original Articles

Geogrid mechanism in low-volume flexible pavements: accelerated testing of full-scale heavily instrumented pavement sections

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Pages 121-135 | Received 22 Dec 2009, Accepted 02 Sep 2010, Published online: 03 Mar 2011

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