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Title:

FRACTURE (ULTIMATE STRENGTH) ANALYSIS OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT LAYERS RESULTING FROM TRAFFIC LOADING

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00207625

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Abstract:

THIS PAPER PRESENTS ANALYSES OF FRACTURES OCCURRING IN ASPHALT PAVEMENT STRUCTURES DUE TO EXCESSIV SINGLE-WHEEL LOADS AND TO BRAKING TRACTIONS APPLIED AT THE PAVEMENT SURFACE. SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS USING A PLANE-STRESS FINITE-ELEMENT IDEALIZATION WHEREIN NONLINEAR MATERIAL RESPONSES AND BOND EFFECTS AT LAYER INTERFACES COULD BE CONSIDERED ARE PRESENTED FOR CRACKING IN AN ASPHALT CONCRETE BRIDGE DECK SURFACING, FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CRACKING IN AN ASPHALT CONCRETE LAYER OVER A CEMENT-TREATED BASE THAT WAS CRACKED DUE TO LOAD, AND FOR CRACKING RESULTING FROM TRACTIONS IMPOSED ON AN AIRFIELD PAVEMENT BY A BRAKING AIRCRAFT. THE BRIDGE DECK SURFACING INCORPORATED TWO DIFFERENT SUPPORT CONDITIONS. RIGID AND FLEXIBLE, AND TWO SETS OF MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS. FOR THE FLEXIBLE-SUPPORT CONDITION, THE BITUMINOUS SURFACING FAILED FAILED BY COMPRESSION AND THE STIFFER MATERIAL RUPTURED AT A LOWER LOAD; FOR THE RIGID-SUPPORT CONDITION, THE STIFFER MATERIAL FAILED IN TENSION AT A HIGHER LOAD THAN THE LOW-MODULUS MATERIAL, WHICH EXHIBITED A COMPRESSIVE FAILURE. THE EFFECT OF LOW BOND STRENGTH ON THIS LATTER CONDITION WAS TO SHIFT THE FAILURE CONDITION FROM COMPRESSION TO A MIXED MODE. THE ULTIMATE STRENGTH OF A PAVEMENT CONTAINING CEMENT-TREATED BASE WAS DETERMINED BY TENSILE FRACTURE OF THE CEMENT-TREATED BASE FOLLOWED BY SUBSEQUENT CRACKING OF THE UPPER PORTION OF THE ASPHALT CONCRETE LAYER. BRAKING TRACTIONS IN A RUNWAY PAVEMENT RESULTED IN LOWERING THE TOTAL LOAD TO FAILURE BY INCREASING THE TENSILE STRESSES AT THE HEEL OF THE LOADED AREA. A WEAK INTERFACE ALSO RESULTED IN A FURTHER DECREASE OF THE TOTAL FRACTURE LOADS.

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Theory of Pavement Design. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Title:

Pavement systems analyses

Monograph Accession #:

01410377

Authors:

SALAM, Y M
Monismith, C L

Pagination:

pp 127-138

Publication Date:

1973

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 466
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Conference:

52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26

ISBN:

0309022509

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (28) ; References (7) ; Tables (1)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Fracture; Tensile stress

Subject Areas:

Freight Transportation; Highways; Pavements

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

May 15 1974 12:00AM

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