METHOD OF FINITE ELEMENTS: APPLICATION TO THE CRACKING OF PAVEMENTS AND TO THE CALCULATION OF THE TIME TAKEN FOR CRACKS TO RISE UP TO THE SURFACE

LA METHODE DES ELEMENTS FINIS: APPLICATION A LA FISSURATION DES CHAUSSEES ET AU CALCUL DU TEMPS DE REMONTEE DES FISSURES - 3

The two models presented are two-dimensional, finite element models based on the application of the fracture mechanics to pavements having vertical discontinuities created by transverse shrinkage cracks of courses treated with hydraulic binders. The first model rests on the production of a special fine mesh at the bottom of the crack, while the other uses particular finite elements to schematize the discontinuity of the field of stresses at the bottom of the crack.

• Corporate Authors:

  Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)

  Boulevard Lefebvre 58
  Paris Cedex 15,   France  F-75732
• Authors:
  • Goagolou, H
  • Marchand, J-P
  • MOURATIDIS, A
• Publication Date: 1983-5

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 76-91
• Serial:
  • Bulletin de Liaison des Lab des Ponts et Chaussees
  • Issue Number: 125
  • Publisher: Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Cracking; Finite element method; Fracture mechanics; Information processing; Mathematical methods; Mathematical models; Pavement cracking; Pavements; Shrinkage; Stresses; Transverse cracking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Crack propagation; Discontinuity
• Old TRIS Terms: Computing; Shrinkage cracks
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00384778
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM