This paper presents a comparison of pavement layer moduli determined from backcalculation with those measured in the laboratory on asphalt concrete (AC) and granular base materials. Deflection data and pavement materials obtained from two conventional flexible pavement structures were used. Pavement surface deflections were measured with a Falling Weight Deflectometer and were used in backcalcu…
A study on dynamic backcalculation and overlay design based on falling weight deflectometer (FWD) data is presented. Dynamic slab-ground theory (DSGT) was used for dynamic backcalculation of a pavement structure. A computer program based on DSGT generated theoretical dynamic deflections of the pavement. For the backcalculation of equivalent full-depth asphalt concrete (AC) thickness and subgrad…
This paper presents a numerical study of damage behavior of asphalt mixtures by using a three-dimensional (3D) micro-frame element network (MFEN) model and damage mechanics principles. Asphalt mixtures are composed of aggregates, mastic cement and air voids. The load carrying behavior is strongly related to the local microstructural load transfer between neighboring aggregate particles. The 3D …
Compaction is one of the most important factors affecting the future performance of asphalt pavement. Hot mixture asphalt materials exhibit significant time-dependent response under mechanical and thermal loadings, which can involve elastic, creep and plastic permanent deformation. The irreversible permanent deformation part will generate compaction. Foam-type model has been considered an effic…
Tire/pavement interaction has been an important research topic in pavement engineering for many years. This paper presents a finite element model for dynamic tire/pavement interaction, which can effectively include the dynamic tire rolling effect to predict the pavement response. The model represents a 4?tire vehicle. The tire is modeled as a finite strain hyperelastic material and pavement str…