MOVING LOADS ON A VISCOELASTIC DOUBLE LAYER: PREDICTION OF RECOVERABLE AND PERMANENT DEFORMATIONS

In this paper a two layered viscoelastic incompressible system subjected to a sequence of moving loads is considered. Materials characteristics are described by a simple analytical expression for the Creep Compliance function, as verified by laboratory creep experiments carried out on a large class of asphalt concretes. The calculation of the viscoelastic deformations (vertical, transverse and longitudinal strains) and vertical surface dispacements is performed with reference to three orders of effects: 1) the passenger of a single load; 2) the accumulation of the recoverable viscoelastic deformation due to a sequence of moving loads; this effect arises from the viscoelastic delay in deformation recovery; 3) the calculation of the permanent deformations due to each single load passage when the existence of a Maxwell model in series is assumed in the rheological model defining the characteristics of the first layer. Interface conditions can be varied choosing rigidly bounded layers or frictionless slip.

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  • Pagination: p. 459-466

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  • Accession Number: 00170230
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Mar 14 1978 12:00AM