NON-DIMENSIONAL TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO RIGID PLATE BEARING TESTS ON FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS

NON-DIMENSIONAL TECHNIQUES BASED ON THE METHODS OF DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS PROVIDE A RATIONAL BASIS FOR ANALYZING RIGID PLATE BEARING TESTS ON FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS. TEST DATA HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY ANALYZED BY SUCH TECHNIQUES. THE SURFACE DEFLECTION IS EXPLICITLY EXPRESSED AS A FUNCTION OF THE APPLIED LOAD, BEARING PLATE DIAMETER, PAVEMENT THICKNESS, AND THE STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUBGRADE. SEVERAL ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES ARE PRESENTED USING THE DERIVED DEFLECTION EQUATION TO INDICATE POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS. FOR THE HYBLA VALLEY DATA ANALYZED, THE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT THE LOAD-CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT AS EXPRESSED BY THE SURFACE DEFLECTION IS DEPENDENT ON THE TOTAL PAVEMENT THICKNESS AND NOT ON ITS PROPORTION OF ASPHALTIC CONCRETE OR BASE COURSE. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbbulletin/289/289-006.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 289, pp 80-90, 7 FIG, 2 TAB, 16 REF. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Kondner, Robert L
  • Krizek, Raymond J
• Conference:
  • 40th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 1961-1-9 to 1961-1-13
• Publication Date: 1961

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: Flexible pavement design developments 1961
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 289
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt concrete; Base course (Pavements); Data analysis; Flexible pavements; Loads; Mathematical analysis; Pavements; Plate bearing test; Subgrade (Pavements); Thickness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement thickness
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205693
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 19 1994 12:00AM