Abstract: Results of full‐scale accelerated traffic tests conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were studied. It was found for similar pavements that relationships between observed failure coverages for different loads and ...

Abstract: A procedure is developed to analyze layered elastic flexible pavement systems in terms of reliability. Rosenblueth's method is used to estimate the expected value and variance of the strains (dependent parameters), based ...

Abstract: Stress conditions in precast airfield concrete pavements are analyzed using the finite element method. The pavements analyzed were small concrete slabs connected at the joints by load‐transfer devices. The slabs were ...

Abstract: Subgrade contact pressures under rigid pavements were analyzed using the finite element method for concrete slabs on liquid and elastic subgrades. It was found that when the maximum bending stress in the slab is made in ...

Abstract: Stress conditions in concrete pavements were analyzed using the finite element method for slabs on liquid and elastic subgrades. The study consisted of the following parts: (1) The effect of the efficiency of load transfer ...

Abstract: The problem of subgrade rutting is an important factor in the overall structural design system of flexible pavements. This paper introduces the parameter stress factor in pavement design and research as an expedient and ...

Abstract: A neural network algorithm used in this study to derive Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) wind speeds from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellite-observed brightness temperatures is briefly reviewed. ...

Abstract: The impacting and rebounding behaviors of straight elastic components are investigated and a unified approach is proposed to analytically predict the whole process of the collision and rebounding of straight elastic bars ...