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https://doi.org/10.3141/1919-06

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The evolution of analytical methods for the prediction of cracking in jointed plain concrete pavements was traced over the period from the publication of Westergaard’s early work until the year 2000. This development was accomplished in parallel with the birth and coming of age of geotechnical engineering and was likewise pioneered by a number of colorful and distinguished personalities. Westergaard’s limiting assumptions have defined the task for generations of pavement engineers who, with road tests and laboratory studies, jerry-rigged equipment, and sophisticated electronic tools, have eventually managed to eliminate each one of them. As a new era of mechanistic–empirical pavement design is ushered in, it behooves the profession to undertake a concerted and serious effort to eliminate the most crucial remaining stumbling block to their efforts: Miner’s fatigue hypothesis. Fracture mechanics, similitude concepts, and the principles of dimensional analysis hold the brightest promise of a future worthy of the pioneers celebrated here.

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English

pp 47-53

2005

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

0309093929

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References (62) ; Tables (1)

Concrete pavements; Dimensional analysis; Fatigue (Mechanics); Fracture mechanics; Geotechnical engineering; History; Mathematical prediction; Mechanistic design; Pavement cracking; Stresses

Similitude

Data and Information Technology; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; History; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 13 2006 9:06AM

• Analytical Study of Effects of Truck Tire Pressure on Pavements with Measured Tire-Pavement Contact Stress Data
• Calibration of Alligator Fatigue Cracking Model for 2002 Design Guide
• Closed-Form, Six-Slab, Thick-Plate Solution for Analysis of Edge Slab of Concrete Pavement
• Concrete-Filled, Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Dowels for Load Transfer in Jointed Rigid Pavements
• Engineering Solution for the Uniform Strength of Partially Cracked Concrete
• Enhanced Portland Cement Concrete Fatigue Model for StreetPave
• Estimating the Sensitivity of Design Input Variables for Rigid Pavement Analysis with a Mechanistic-Empirical Design Guide
• Evaluation of Predicted Pavement Response with Measured Tire Contact Stresses
• Field and Theoretical Evaluation of Thermal Fatigue Cracking in Flexible Pavements
• Implementation Initiatives of the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guides in Indiana
• Implementing the Mechanistic-Empirical Design Guide Procedure for a Hot-Mix Asphalt-Rehabilitated Pavement in Indiana
• Improvements of Testing Procedures for Concrete Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• Measurement and Significance of the Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Concrete in Rigid Pavement Design
• Predicting Asphalt Pavement Temperature with a Three-Dimensional Finite Element Method
• Quantification of the Joint Effect of Wheel Load and Tire Inflation Pressure on Pavement Response
• Strategic Plan of the Texas Department of Transportation for Implementing NCHRP 1-37A Pavement Design Guide