Effectiveness of steel reinforcing nettings in combating fatigue cracking in new flexible pavement systems

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-45

  Elseifi, Mostafa A ^a   Al Qadi, Imad L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cracking; Fatigue; Finite elements; Flexible pavements; Pavement design; Reinforcement; Steel; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCEMENT;

HOT-MIX ASPHALT (HMA); STEEL PAVING MESH; STEEL REINFORCEMENT; VIRGINIA SMART ROAD;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS;

CRACKING; FATIGUE; PAVEMENT; STEEL STRUCTURE;

EID: 11944274021     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2005)131:1(37)     Document Type: Article

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