Probabilistic approaches for pavement fatigue cracking prediction based on cumulative damage using miner's law

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 546-549

  Sun, Lu ^a   Hudson, W Ronald ^b  

^a Catholic University of America   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Cracking; Damage; Loads; Pavement design; Probabilistic methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; CRACKS; ELASTICITY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

DAMAGE DISTRIBUTIONS; MINER'S LAW; PAVEMENT DESIGN; TENSILE STRAIN;

PAVEMENTS;

CRACKING; DAMAGE MECHANICS; PAVEMENT;

EID: 18744387694     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2005)131:5(546)     Document Type: Article

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