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http://dx.doi.org/10.4334/JKCI.2006.18.5.695

Stress Distribution in Concrete Pavements under Multi-Axle Vehicle Loads Obtained Using Transformed Field Domain Analysis  

Kim, Seong-Min (College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
Shim, Jae-Soo (College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
Park, Hee-Beom (College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute / v.18, no.5, 2006 , pp. 695-702 More about this Journal
Abstract
The stress distribution and the critical stresses in concrete pavements were analyzed using formulations in the transformed field domains when dual-wheel single-, tandem-, and tridem-axle loads were applied. First the accuracy of the transformed field domain analysis results was verified by comparing with the finite element analysis results. Then, the stress distribution along the longitudinal and transverse directions was investigated, and the effects of slab thickness, concrete elastic modulus, and foundation stiffness on the stress distribution were studied. The effect of the tire contact pressure related to the tire print area was also studied, and the location of the critical stress occurrence in concrete pavements was finally investigated. From this study, it was found that the critical concrete stress due to multi-axle loads became larger as the concrete elastic modulus increased, the slab thickness increased, and the foundation stiffness decreased. The number of axles did not tend to affect the critical stress ratio except for a small foundation stiffness value with which the critical stress ratio became significantly larger as the number of axles increased. The critical stress location in the transverse direction tended to move into the interior as the tire contact pressure increased, the concrete elastic modulus increased, the slab thickness increased, and the foundation stiffness decreased. The critical stress location in the longitudinal direction was under the axle for single- and tandem-axle loads, but for tridem-axle loads, it tended to move under the middle axle from the outer axles as the concrete elastic modulus and/or slab thickness increased and the foundation stiffness decreased.
Keywords
concrete pavement; multi-axle loads; transformed field domain; Fourier transform; stress;
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