Toward using tire-road contact stresses in pavement design and analysis

Tire Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 246-271

  De Beer, Morris ^a   Maina, James W ^a   Van Rensburg, Yvette ^a   Greben, Jan M ^a  

^a Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Contact; Design; Force; Load; Measurement; Patch; Pavement; Strain energy of distortion (sed); Stress; Tire; Tire road

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT LAYER; ASPHALT SURFACING; CIRCULAR SHAPE; CONTACT STRESS; CONTACT STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FORCE; INFLATION PRESSURES; LOAD; MAXIMUM VERTICAL STRESS; PATCH; PAVEMENT DESIGN; PAVEMENT STRUCTURES; ROAD PAVEMENTS; ROAD SURFACES; SENSOR SYSTEMS; STEEL PINS; STRESS-IN-MOTION; TEST SURFACES; TIRE CONTACT PATCHES; TIRE CONTACT STRESS; TIRE INFLATION; TIRE MODELING; TIRE MODELS; TIRE PAVEMENT; TIRE-ROAD; TRUCK TIRES; VERTICAL STRESS;

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DESIGN; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HIGHWAY PLANNING; LOADING; MEASUREMENTS; PAVEMENT OVERLAYS; PAVEMENTS; SENSORS; SKID RESISTANCE; STRAIN ENERGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TRUCKS;

TIRES;

EID: 84873643548     PISSN: 00908657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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