Finite-Element Simulation of Instrumented Asphalt Pavement Response under Moving Vehicular Load
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 20, Issue 3
Abstract
Understanding the structural behavior of layered asphalt pavements subjected to dynamic moving wheel loads is a crucial requirement for the future design of more-durable pavement structures. Therefore, to accurately evaluate the dynamic response of an instrumented semi-rigid base asphalt pavement under full-scale moving heavy vehicular loading, this study established a full-scale three-dimensional viscoelastic finite element model. Sinotruck HOWO A7 dump truck moving wheel loads and associated contact stresses effect on the pavement structure were implemented in the implicit dynamic analysis. The dynamic properties of the asphalt concrete were incorporated in Abaqus through a Prony–Dirichlet series. The rationality and validity of the developed model were successfully verified by field data collected from a Rizhan–LanKao highway pavement test section in Shandong province, China. The pavement dynamic response computed at different depths under the truck dual tires and at a different lateral position in the mid-depth of asphalt concrete middle course were analyzed. Results indicated that both tensile and compressive three-directional dynamic strain, stress coexist in the pavement structure. In addition, an alternating change was found between negative and positive dynamic shear stress and strain in the structure. Finally, this study revealed that the peak value of the dynamic strain–stress in vertical, transverse, and longitudinal directions, as well as the shearing strain–stress response of the pavement structure, are affected not only by the lateral distribution of the analysis points but also according to depth.
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Data Availability Statement
The data supporting the figures and tables in this paper, the numerical model and subroutine code generated in this study, as well as other findings of this study are available from the corresponding author by request.
Acknowledgments
This work was funded by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology under Grant No. 2014BAC07B00 and the Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 51678207. The equipment and software were supported by Harbin Institute of Technology. The authors express their sincere gratitude to all the people involved in this research project. Finally, the authors thank the reviewers for useful comments and the editors for improving the manuscript.
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Received: Nov 6, 2018
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