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Y. Yang et alii, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 41 (2017) 339-349; DOI: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.41.45 339 Research on differences and correlation between tensile, compression and flexural moduli of cement stabilized macadam Yi Yang School of Traffic and Transportation, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Hunan 410004, China; Modern Investment Co., Ltd., Hunan 410004, China 114949297@qq.com Jianlong Zheng School of Traffic and Transportation, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Hunan 410004, China zjl@csust.edu.cn Songtao Lv School of Traffic and Transportation, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Hunan 410004, China lstcs@126.com A BSTRACT . In order to reveal the differences and conversion relations between the tensile, compressive and flexural moduli of cement stabilized macadam, in this paper, we develop a new test method for measuring three moduli simultaneously. By using the materials testing system, we test three moduli of the cement stabilized macadam under different loading rates, propose a flexural modulus calculation formula which considers the shearing effect, reveal the change rules of the tensile, compression and flexural moduli with the loading rate and establish the conversion relationships between the three moduli. The results indicate that: three moduli become larger with the increase of the loading rate, showing a power function pattern; with the shear effect considered, the flexural modulus is increased by 47% approximately over that in the current test method; the tensile and compression moduli of cement stabilized macadam are significantly different. Therefore, if only the compression modulus is used as the structural design parameter of asphalt pavement, there will be a great deviation in the analysis of the load response. In order to achieve scientific design and calculation, the appropriate design parameters should be chosen based on the actual stress state at each point inside the pavement structure. K EYWORDS . Road engineering; Cement stabilized macadam; Laboratory test; Tensile-compression-flexural modulus; Loading rate . Citation: Yang, Y., Zheng, J., Lv, S., Research on differences and correlation between tensile, compression and flexural moduli of cement stabilized macadam, Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 41 (2017) 339-349. Received: 14.03.2017 Accepted: 23.04.2017 Published: 01.07.2017 Copyright: © 2017 This is an open access article under the terms of the CC-BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.