Modeling measured 3D tire contact stresses in a viscoelastic FE pavement model

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-290

  Blab, Ronald ^a   Harvey, John T ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated pavement testing; Material properties determination; Tire contact stresses; Viscoelastic material modeling

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT CONCRETE; DYNAMIC LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PAVEMENTS; TIRES; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACCELERATED PAVEMENT TESTING; ADVANCED ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC FREQUENCY; HEAVY VEHICLE SIMULATORS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) CONTACT; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TIRE CONTACT STRESS; VISCO-ELASTIC MATERIAL;

3D MODELING;

EID: 27644581299     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2002)2:3(271)     Document Type: Article

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