CALCULATIONS OF STRESSES AND DISPLACEMENTS IN A LAYERED ELASTIC STRUCTURE

THE NOTE GIVES AN ANALYSIS OF STRESS, STRAIN AND DISPLACEMENT IN A GENERAL N-LAYERED IDEALLY-ELASTIC STRUCTURE (VIEWED AS AN IDEALISATION OF A ROAD), SUBJECTED TO AN AXIALLY-SYMMETRIC STATIONARY SURFACE LOADING. THE ANALYSIS LEDS TO AN EFFICICIENT METHOD OF COMPUTING RESULTS, IN WHICH THE WORK INCREASES ONLY PROPORTIONATELY TO THE NUMBER OF LAYERS. A COMPUTER PROGRAM BASED ON THE ANALYSIS DISCRIBED BRIEFLY. IT IS WRITTEN FOR AN I.C.T. ATLAS COMPUTER, AND TAKES ABOUT 0.3 SECONDS PER LAYER, AS WRITTEN, IT IS LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 24 LAYERS, BUT THIS LIMIT IS ARBITRARY. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No Lr160, 24 PP
• Authors:
  • Thrower, E N
• Publication Date: 1968

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Rrl Reports, Road Research Lab /UK/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Calculation; Computer programs; Dislocation (Geology); Elastic bodies; Pavement layers; Static loads; Strain (Mechanics); Stresses
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computation
• Old TRIS Terms: Elastic solids; Layered system mechanics; Strains
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00208863
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 23 1994 12:00AM