Preliminary Analytical Model for Flexible Pavement

Abstract

This report documents the first step in development of a preliminary analytical model for flexible pavement analysis for the Airfields and Pavements Division (APD), Geotechnical Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. This first step may be generally described as development of a linear elastic finite element model that reasonably compares with the empirical and/or layered elastic solutions in current use. This report does not attempt to document a literature survey related to pavement analysis nor does it discuss the background of previous pavement analysis methods or finite element methods beyond that necessary for understanding of the problem at hand. Further, this study attempts to determine the optional usage of the specific tools at hand, i.e., PATRAN (1993) and ABAQUS (1992), in development of the improved analytical model. It does not attempt to generalize to other finite element modeling tools or the broad finite element method. This report includes and builds upon previous work done by the author in this area.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA352986

Entities

People

  • Larry M. Bryant

Organizations

  • Applied Research Associates (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Computer Programs
  • Elastic Materials
  • Engineers
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Literature Surveys
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Pavements
  • Reliability
  • Subgrades
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.