PAVEMENT INVESTIGATION USING SH WAVES: CASE OF SINGLE SURFACE LAYER

THE USE OF CONTINUOUSLY EXCITED SURFACE WAVES IN THE INVESTIGATION OF PAVEMENT STRUCTURES IS WELL ESTABLISHED AS AN EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUE. THE WAVE MOTION USUALLY EXCITED AND OBSERVED IS THE RAYLEIGH WAVE. INVESTIGATION OF LAYERED STRUCTURES USING SH (HORIZONTALLY POLARIZED SHEAR) WAVES HAS, TO DATE, BEEN CONFINED TO LOVE TYPE STRUCTURES. A METHOD IS DESCRIBED OF USING SH WAVES TO INVESTIGATE A STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF A SINGLE SURFACE LAYER OF RIGIDITY GREATER THAN THE SUBJACENT MEDIUM. MATHEMATICAL PREDICTIONS ARE DEVELOPED AND USED TO INTERPRET EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY AND FIELD OBSERVATIONS. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://arrbknowledge.com
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 4, Pt 2, PAPER NO 454, PP 1183-1200, 9 FIG, 15REF, APP
• Corporate Authors:

  ARRB

  Melbourne, Victoria  Australia 
• Authors:
  • Kurzeme, M
• Conference:
  • Australian Road Research Board Conference Proc
• Publication Date: 1968

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: Pt2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evaluation; Mathematical analysis; Pavement performance; Pavements; Polarization; Rayleigh waves; Shear strength; Surfaces; Wave motion
• Old TRIS Terms: Layered system mechanics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207090
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 14 1970 12:00AM