Title: Damage mechanics based approach to predicting cyclic pavement response and cumulative damage due to heavy vehicles

Authors: A. Bhattacharya, S. A. Velinsky

Addresses: Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616-5294, USA. ' Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616-5294, USA

Abstract: This paper applies a recently developed micromechanics-based model of a concrete pavement to predict fatigue-induced cracking due to the multiple dynamic loadings associated with heavy vehicles. A damage parameter is developed, and plots describing the state of accumulated damage for multiple dynamic loadings are presented. Lastly, the Taguchi method, a statistics-based quality engineering method that has been applied to design, is employed to help understand the most critical design parameters contributing to the damage growth.

Keywords: cumulative damage; cyclic response; micromechanics; concrete pavement; fatigue; cracking; multiple dynamic loadings; heavy vehicles; Taguchi methods; quality engineering; design parameters; concrete road surfaces.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHVS.2005.005666

International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems, 2005 Vol.12 No.1, pp.1 - 15

Published online: 15 Nov 2004 *

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