The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering · 2008 · 41 citations · 5 references
EngineeringCivil EngineeringMaterials ScienceMaterials CharacterizationPavement EngineeringStructural AnalysisAsphalt MaterialsPavement ConstructionPavement DesignPavement MaterialsPavement Structural AnalysisPaving MaterialsPavement DurabilityPavement ManagementPavement Response AnalysisPavement Strain AnalysisPavement Structural EvaluationPavement Structural PerformanceRoad ReconstructionStress Distribution In Pavement Layers
Lithuanian roads face increasing heavy traffic and axle loads, prompting research into durable pavement materials and reconstruction technologies. The study constructs experimental pavement structures, installs stress and strain transducers in various layers, and plans to measure them after every 20,000 equivalent single axle loads. Initial stress and strain measurements indicate preliminary performance of the experimental pavement layers.
The rapid growth of heavy traffic, the increase in the standard axle load make scientists to look forward for new durable road constructing materials and their mixes. The continuously increasing need for strengthening the road pavement structures induces to use new road reconstruction technologies, to search for new methods in constructing pavement structural layers and investigate pavement structures under real conditions. The article presents construction of experimental pavement structures for the first time in the road history of Lithuania. The article also describes the installation process of stress and strain transducers in different layers of experimental pavement structures and initial results of stress and strain measurements. These measurements will be carried out each time after passed 20 000 ESAL's calculated to 100 kN.
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Audrius Vaitkus, Donatas Čygas, Alfredas Laurinavičius et al. · ICT Role for Next Generation Universitie (Riga Technical University) · 2007 · 12 citations · Full text
Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering +16