PREDICTION OF FATIGUE LIFE OF CONCRETE PAVEMENT

An analytical approach based on J. Bailey's hypothesis is presented for predicting fatigue life of plain cement concrete under flexural cyclic loading as prevalent in concrete pavements. The loading and unloading cycle was assumed to be symmetrical and of serrated form. The analysis was made for three strength levels of concrete and the material parameters assumed therein were computed from short-term, standard, static tests under constant rate of loading. The formula so developed may be used for prediction of fatigue life of concrete pavements for different frequency levels of traffic.

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  Indian Roads Congress

  Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road
  New Delhi,   India  110 011
• Authors:
  • Ghosh, R K
  • Lal, R
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1-15
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Bulletin, (New Delhi)
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Indian Roads Congress
  • ISSN: 0376-4788

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bending stress; Concrete; Concrete pavements; Durability; Electric power plants; Fatigue (Mechanics); Flexure; Mathematical models; Pavements; Repeated loads; Road materials; Roads; Service life; Traffic loads
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fatigue life
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement life
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00177213
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 19 1978 12:00AM