Dynamic interpretation of falling weight deflectometer tests on flexible pavements using the spectral element method: Backcalculation

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 957-968

  Grenier, Simon ^a   Konrad, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backcalculation; Deflection histories; Dynamic; Effective modulus; Falling weight deflectometer; Pavement

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT CONCRETES; BACKCALCULATED MODULI; BACKCALCULATION; COMPRESSION STRAIN; CRITICAL STRAINS; DEFLECTION HISTORIES; DYNAMIC INTERPRETATION; DYNAMIC METHOD; EFFECTIVE MODULUS; FALLING WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETER; FALLING WEIGHT DEFLECTOMETERS; FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS; LAYER PARAMETERS; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STATIC APPROACH; TIME DOMAIN;

ASPHALT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; PAVEMENTS; STRAIN;

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES);

ASPHALT; AUTOMATION; BACK ANALYSIS; BEDROCK; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPRESSION; CONCRETE; DEFLECTION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ERRATIC; PAVEMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STATIC RESPONSE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; SUBGRADE; WEIGHT;

EID: 70349197503     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L09-010     Document Type: Article

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