Review on dynamic response of road pavements to moving vehicle loads; part 2: Flexible pavements

ND Beskou, EV Muho - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This second part of the review paper on the dynamic response of road pavements under
moving vehicle loads deals with flexible pavements. Flexible pavements are composed of …

Numerical investigation of pavement responses under TSD and FWD loading

M Zhang, J Zhang, H Gong, X Jia, R Xiao… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Traffic Speed Deflectometer (TSD) overcomes the limitations of the Falling
Weight Deflectometer (FWD) in terms of traffic interruption and testing inefficiency, thus has …

Analysis of airfield composite pavement responses using full-scale accelerated pavement testing and finite element method

J Ling, F Wei, H Zhao, Y Tian, B Han - Construction and Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the critical responses of airfield composite pavements that are
composed of hot-mix asphalt (HMA) overlay and Portland cement concrete (PCC) pavement …

Pavement structural evaluation at the network level

GR Rada, S Nazarian, BA Visintine, RV Siddharthan… - 2016 - rosap.ntl.bts.gov
As State transportation departments consider structural adequacy as part of their routine
pavement management system (PMS) activities by incorporating deflection testing, it is …

Robust deflection indices from traffic-speed deflectometer measurements to predict critical pavement responses for network-level pavement management system …

M Nasimifar, S Thyagarajan… - Journal of …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Traffic-speed deflectometers (TSD) are used in several countries to evaluate the pavement
structural condition at the network level. Fatigue and rutting strains are commonly used as …

Utilization of traffic speed deflectometer for pavement structural evaluations

F Xiao, Q Xiang, X Hou, SN Amirkhanian - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Traffic Speed Deflectometer (TSD) is primarily capable of evaluating the pavement
conditions at the network level with regard to the structural capacities. This paper mainly …

Equivalent loading frequencies for dynamic analysis of asphalt pavements

A Ulloa, EY Hajj, RV Siddharthan… - Journal of Materials in …, 2013 - ascelibrary.org
An investigation of the existence of predominant frequency, fp (or frequencies), and the
ability to predict critical pavement responses in asphalt layers using those predominant …

Determination of effective frequency range excited by falling weight deflectometer loading history for asphalt pavement

G Fu, Y Zhao, C Zhou, W Liu - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Falling weight deflectometer (FWD) tests have been widely used to evaluate the layer
properties of in-situ asphalt pavement structures. The FWD loading is essentially impulse …

Numerical comparison of flexible pavement dynamic response under different axles

A Sarkar - International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
A three-dimensional finite element model was utilised to examine the flexible pavement
dynamic response under single, tandem and tridem axles at different speeds. Using two …

Investigation of impact of wheel wander on pavement performance

RV Siddharthan, M Nasimifar, X Tan… - Road Materials and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The procedures in Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) and Caltrans
software program using Mechanistic-Empirical (CalME) methodologies to address wheel …