California bearing ratio
(CBR)
Resistance to pressure, typically of soil or road-building sub-base, measured by a penetrometer and expressed as a ratio of the resistance pressure of a standard material (crushed rock). The standard test is set out in BS 1377-4 (1990).
This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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