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dc.contributor.authorGhadimi, Behzad
dc.contributor.authorNikraz, Hamid
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:03:45Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:03:45Z
dc.date.created2016-05-25T19:30:16Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationGhadimi, B. and Nikraz, H. 2016. A comparison of implementation of linear and nonlinear constitutive models in numerical analysis of layered flexible pavement. Road Materials and Pavement Design. 18 (3): pp. 550-572.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7977
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14680629.2016.1182055
dc.description.abstract

It is generally accepted among pavement engineers that the granular layers in flexible pavement behave in a nonlinear mechanical way. Existing literature documents different constitutive equations to model this nonlinearity. This paper compares four well-known constitutive models: linear elastic, K−θ, Uzan–Witczak and Lade–Nelson. In the first stages of numerical simulation, three static linear elastic models were constructed in CIRCLY, KENLAYER and ABAQUS and the results of the analysis were compared with one another. Following this, three-dimensional models were constructed in ABAQUS, and the four constitutive models were implemented for use in the finite-element model. Three sets of material parameters were considered for the analysis. The results calculated from each model were presented and compared and consisted of the following: surface deflection under loading wheels, tensile strain at the bottom of an asphalt layer, and vertical strain and vertical stress at the top of the subgrade layers. The development of the elastic modulus and vertical stress in the base layer was also investigated and the contours of the vertical elastic modulus are presented.

dc.titleA comparison of implementation of linear and nonlinear constitutive models in numerical analysis of layered flexible pavement
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage23
dcterms.source.issn1468-0629
dcterms.source.titleRoad Materials and Pavement Design
curtin.departmentSustainable Engineering Group
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