PREDICTION OF PAVEMENT DAMAGE USING MECHANISTIC ANALYSIS: A CASE STUDY

This paper discusses the mechanistic analysis of five pavement structures carried out with the aim of predicting possible pavement damage that might be caused by abnormally heavily loaded vehicles. The vehicles were designed primarily for off-road recovery of vehicles but the question arose as to what the effects might be if the vehicles were to be used on normal road pavements. This study incorporates detailed field resilient elastic deflection measurements at different vehicle speeds and pavement temperatures using three different vehicle and load configurations.

• Corporate Authors:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Authors:
  • Sanders, P J
  • DE BEER, M
  • Fisher, C
• Conference:
  • 4th International Conference, Bearing Capacity of Roads and Airfields
  • Location: Minneapolis, MN
  • Date: 1994-8-17 to 1994-8-21
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1345-1370
• Serial:
  • Volume: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Defects; Deflection; Elasticity (Mechanics); Forecasting; Loads; Measurement; Mechanical analysis; Mechanistic design; Motor vehicles; Pavement layers; Pavements; Resilience (Materials); Shape; Size; Speed; Temperature; Traffic speed; Vehicle weight; Wheel loads
• Uncontrolled Terms: Configurations; Pavement damage; Pavement structure; Vehicle configurations
• Old TRIS Terms: Elastic deflection
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00730571
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 3 1997 12:00AM