Difference between in situ flexible pavement measured and calculated stresses and strains

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 574-579

  Loulizi, Amara ^a   Al Qadi, Imad L ^b   Elseifi, Mostafa ^c  

^a VIRGINIA TECH TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c Dept of Civil Engineering and Construction ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Finite element; Flexible pavements; Instrumentation; Measurement; Stress

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN RATE; THERMOCOUPLES;

FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS; LAYERED LINEAR ELASTIC THEORY; TRANSVERSE HORIZONTAL STRAIN; VERTICAL COMPRESSIVE STRESS;

PAVEMENTS;

ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PAVEMENT; STRAIN; STRENGTH;

EID: 33745243394     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2006)132:7(574)     Document Type: Article

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