Mechanistic-empirical study of effects of truck tire pressure on pavement: Measured tire-pavement contact stress data

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1947, 2006, Pages 136-145

  Wang, Feng ^a   Machemehl, Randy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS; TIRES; TRUCKS;

DUAL TIRES; MULTILAYER PROGRAM; TENSILE STRAINS;

CONCRETE PAVEMENTS;

EID: 33751416603     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1947-13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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