MULTIPLE-WHEEL HEAVY GEAR LOAD PAVEMENT TESTS. VOLUME II. DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND BEHAVIOR UNDER TRAFFIC

Flexible and rigid pavement test sections were constructed and trafficked to obtain data to validate present criteria or develop new criteria for the evaluation and design of airfield pavements subjected to multiple-wheel heavy gear loads. Traffic was applied to the test sections with different test carts: a 12-wheel assembly that represented one main gear of a C-5A aircraft, a 6-wheel bogie of the 12-wheel assembly, a twin-tandem assembly that duplicated one twin-tandem component of the Boeing 747 assembly, and a single wheel. The volume presents details of the design, construction, and behavior of the flexible and rigid pavements under traffic. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, AD-889 705L. Distribution limitation now removed.
• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station

  3909 Halls Ferry Road
  Vicksburg, MS  United States  39180-6199
• Authors:
  • Burns, C D
  • Hutchinson, R L
• Publication Date: 1971-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 272 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Airport runways; Behavior; Construction; Failure; Flexible pavements; Force; Landing fields; Load factor; Loads; Pavements; Performance; Rigid pavements; Structural analysis; Test procedures; Traffic; Vehicles; Wheel loads
• Uncontrolled Terms: Structural properties
• Old TRIS Terms: Multiple wheel loading; Pavement loading; Performance engineering
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Construction; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00143511
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: AFWL-TR-70-113-V2 Tech Rpt.6
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 17 1977 12:00AM