WHEEL LOAD AND IMPACT IN PAVEMENT DESIGN

ALTHOUGH THE MAGNITUDES OF BOTH STATIC AND IMPACT FORCES ARE FAIRLY WELL KNOWN, THE STRESS CONDITIONS PRODUCED BY THE FORCES ARE NOT YET FULLY UNDERSTOOD. THE STRESSES CAUSED BY STATIC LOADS ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE OF MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS. WESTERGAARD'S METHOD OF THEORETICAL ANALYSIS IS SUGGESTED AS THE BEST MEANS FOR DETERMINING THICKNESS OF PAVEMENT SLABS. THE ONLY WAY KNOWN AT PRESENT FOR TAKING ACCOUNT OF IMPACT STRESSES IS BY FIRST REDUCING THEM TO STATIC EQUIVALENTS.

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/8/8-020.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 8, pp 187-192, TAB. 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:
  • Smith, E B
• Publication Date: 1929

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 13-14, 1928
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 8
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Impacts; Mathematical analysis; Pavement design; Pavements; Slabs; Static loads; Stresses; Thickness; Wheel loads
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement thickness
• Old TRIS Terms: Stress conditions
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205817
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 18 1971 12:00AM