Sentence examples for the subgrade from inspiring English sources
noun
The layer of native soil on which the foundation of a road is laid
Life in the subgrade can be substandard.
Frank De Martini, the head of construction, also started out in the subgrade, crawling around in piles of rubble as a bomb-damage assessor.
Soil mechanics, by examination of the subgrade of roads and highways, helps to determine which type of pavement (rigid or flexible) will last longer.
The subgrade is not included here (Fig. 4).
The subgrade has the micromechanical properties of silty clay.
It is commonly constructed over the subbase but may be placed directly over the subgrade if the subgrade soils are classified as competent for road construction [60].
Open image in new window Fig. 4 Granulometric composition of the subgrade soil.
Following the subgrade layer is the application of a subbase layer.
The subgrade strength as represented by the resistance value (R) is assumed to be 20.
The subgrade reaction approach provides the simplest solution for the pile soil interaction problem.
As shown in Fig. 2, the subgrade is simplified uniform spring for theoretical model.
