FATIGUE CHARACTERISTICS OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT

A THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONCEPT OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT AND ASPHALT PAVING MIXTURE DESIGNS IS PRESENTED: STABILITY, DURABILITY, AND FLEXURAL FATIGUE RESISTANCE. FOUR MAJOR FACTORS INFLUENCING THE FLEXURAL FATIGUE CHARACTERISTICS OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT AND ASPHALT PAVING MIXTURES ARE ANALYSED WITH RESPECT TO THE MAJOR CONTROLLING VARIABLES. THESE FOUR MAJOR FACTORS ARE: PROPERTIES OF WEARING SURFACE, PROPERTIES OF BASE COURSE AND SUBGRADE, CHARACTERISTICS OF LOADING, AND EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENT. THEORIES, HYPOTHESES, AND CRITERIA FOR FLEXURAL FATIGUE FAILURE AND FRACTURE MECHANICS ARE DEVELOPED IN TERMS OF FATIGUE LEVELS OF STRAIN, STRESS, AND DEFLECTION. POSSIBLE APPROACHES FOR PRECLUDING FAILURE IN FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT ARE PRESENTED. /RRL/A/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 93, No HW1, PP 43-67, 7 FIG, 2 TAB, 80 REF
• Authors:
  • HONG, H
• Publication Date: 1967-4

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of the Highway Division

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Base course (Pavements); Bituminous mixtures; Deflection; Durability; Environmental impacts; Failure; Flexible pavements; Hypothesis testing; Loads; Pavement design; Stability (Mechanics); Strain (Mechanics); Stresses; Subgrade (Pavements); Texture; Theory
• Uncontrolled Terms: Characteristics; Criteria; Hypothesis; Loading
• Old TRIS Terms: Strains
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205610
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 29 2004 6:57PM