Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Journal or Book Title
Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering
Volume
8
Issue
2
First Page
101
Last Page
114
DOI
10.1007/s11709-014-0254-x
Abstract
In this study, finite element (FE)-based primary pavement response models are employed for investigating the early-age deformation characteristics of jointed plain concrete pavements (JPCP) under environmental effects. The FE-based ISLAB (two-and-one-half-dimensional) and EverFE (three-dimensional) software were used to conduct the response analysis. Sensitivity analyses of input parameters used in ISLAB and EverFE were conducted based on field and laboratory test data collected from instrumented pavements on highway US-34 near Burlington, Iowa. Based on the combination of input parameters and equivalent temperatures established from preliminary studies, FE analyses were performed and compared with the field measurements. Comparisons between field measured and computed deformations showed that both FE programs could produce reasonably accurate estimates of actual slab deformations due to environmental effects using the equivalent temperature difference concept.
Copyright Owner
Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Copyright Date
2014
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Kim, Sunghwan; Ceylan, Halil; and Gopalakrishnan, Kasthurirangan, "Finite element modeling of environmental effects on rigid pavement deformation" (2014). Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Publications. 63.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ccee_pubs/63
Comments
This is a manuscript of an article from Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering 8 (2014): 101, doi: 10.1007/s11709-014-0254-x. Posted with permission.