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    Numerical Modeling Applied On The Behavior of Road Pavements Assoc. Prof. Ciprian COSTESCU Prof. Florin BELC Assist. Prof. Paul MARC

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    The document discusses numerical modeling of the behavior of road pavements using ABAQUS software. It examines the hypothesis of bonding between road layers. Specifically, most calculation methods assume a perfect bond, but in reality the cooperation between layers is unlikely to be perfect over the entire lifespan of the road. The paper aims to model the bond using finite element analysis to better understand stresses and strains in different layers based on their characteristics and interaction.

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    Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology and Geotechnics

    NUMERICAL MODELING APPLIED ON THE BEHAVIOR OF ROAD


    PAVEMENTS

    Assoc. Prof. Ciprian COSTESCU1


    Prof. Florin BELC1
    Assist. Prof. Paul MARC1
    1
    University ”Politehnica” of Timişoara, Civil Engineering Faculty. Romania

    ABSTRACT:

    The cooperation between layers represents one of the current issues regarding road
    pavement analysis on their operational behavior by traffic loads. The bond between road
    layers, by most of calculation methods is considered perfect. It is hard to say how true
    this statement is, but it is expected the fact that it is unlikely for this bond to be
    “perfect” for the entire service life of the road pavement.
    A road pavement is calculated depending on a certain number of parameters (traffic,
    bearing capacity of foundation soil, the characteristics of materials in road pavement
    composition, etc.) so that each road layer will only be loaded on its own level of bearing
    capacity. Specific stresses and strains are transmitted in different layers depending on
    the characteristics of component materials and the bond between them.
    The paper aims to examine the hypothesis of the bounding between road layers on
    numerical modeling with ABAQUS 6.8-3, a commercial modeling program, based on
    finite element method that was widely applied in road pavements analysis.
    Keywords: numerical modeling/specific stresses/pavement analysis

    INTRODUCTION

    One of the present issues concerning the analysis of the road pavement operational
    behavior under traffic stresses is the cooperation between layers. The wide majority of
    dimensioning methods, including the Romanian ones, the bond between the road layers
    is considered as being perfect. The truth of this statement is difficult to assess, but in
    reality it is considered that this cooperation is not likely to be a “perfect” one on the
    entire life span of the structure.
    The accumulation of effort in the road pavements over the permitted limit turns into a
    permanent deformation if the materials are untreated (alterations of profile and
    uniformity) and the fatigue of the treated materials, which may cause their rupture.
    When the layers are bounded, a road pavement constitutes a "monolith" assembly, in
    which each layer is being deformed, but not independently, according to its
    characteristics (module, deformation capacity, thickness etc.) and in relation with the
    other layers with which it is bounded. When there is no bound between the layers (we
    are talking about free interfaces), each road layer works independently according to its
    properties. In this hypothesis, the deformations and tensions at the interfaces
    (compression at the top, respectively stretch at the base of the layer) are much more

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