Multiple-Wheel Heavy Gear Load Pavement Tests. Volume 4. Analysis of Behavior Under Traffic

Abstract

Flexible and rigid pavement test sections were constructed and tested to obtain data to validate present criteria, to establish modifications to present criteria, or to develop new criteria for the evaluation and design of airfield pavements to be subjected to multiple-wheel heavy gear loads (MWHGL). The basic CBR design method was expanded and modified to obtain a method of design for flexible pavements subject to traffic by MWHGL. The recommended method reflects a reduction of existing U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (CE) thickness requirements that is especially significant for multiple-wheel assemblies in the higher operational level. Current CE evaluation and design methods for rigid pavements are based on stress in the concrete pavement as calculated from the Westergaard analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0890668

Entities

People

  • George M. Hammitt Ii
  • John L. Rice
  • Ronald L. Hutchinson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Distribution Curves
  • Engineers
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Landing Gear
  • Materials
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Physical Properties
  • Static Loads
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Pavement Materials Engineering.