Abstract: This paper includes the results of an analytical study of the effects of automobile tire loads on thin asphalt pavements over granular bases. Two different methods of calculating the tire contact pressure are used and the ...

Abstract: This paper reviews current knowledge of the three components of pavement contact pressure developed by a free‐rolling tire. A finite element tire model employed to calculate tire‐pavement contact pressure is described. ...

Abstract: Asphalt has been used as a construction material from the earliest days of civilization, but though it has long been used as a waterproofing material in shipbuilding and hydraulics, its use in roadway construction is much ...