Effects of tire inflation pressure and load on predicted pavement strains

Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 181-186

  Park, Dae Wook ^a   Martin, Amy Epps ^b   Jeong, Jin Hoon ^c   Lee, Seung Tae ^a  

^a Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3D finite element analysis; 3D tire contact stress; Predicted pavement strain; Tire inflation pressure; Tire load

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149308126     PISSN: 1822427X     EISSN: 18224288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1822-427X.2008.3.181-186     Document Type: Article

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