Pavement responses as function of truck tire type

Jaime A. Hernandez, Imad L. Al-Qadi, Hasan Ozer, James Greene, Bouzid Choubane, Rongzong Wu, John Harvey, Eric J. Weaver

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Abstract

An experimental program to compare pavement responses caused by newgeneration Wide-Base Tires (WBT) with the conventional Dual- Tire Assembly (DTA) is presented. Four pavement sections were built, tested, and instrumented at two test sites: Two sections at Florida DOT facility and two sections at UC-Davis. H- Type strain gauges at the bottom of the Asphalt Concrete (AC) and pressure cells on top of the base and the subbase were installed at each test site. Instrumentation also included surface foil gauges in Florida and a multi-depth deflectometer at UC-Davis. All sections were subjected to the same test loading: five tire loads (26.2, 36.2, 44.4, 62.1, and 79.9 kN) and four tire inflation pressures (552, 690, 758, and 862 kPa) at three temperatures using the two types of tires considered. In addition, two cases of differential tire inflation pressures were included for DTA (552/758 and 414/758 kPa). Pavement responses to a tire loading of 44 kN and tire inflation pressure of 758 kPa for both tires are presented. Data analysis and impact of tire type on pavement responses is discussed. This paper is part of the pooled-fund project TPF-5(197), The Impact of Wide-Base Tires on Pavement Damage: A National Study.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAsphalt Pavements - Proceedings of the International Conference on Asphalt Pavements, ISAP 2014
PublisherTaylor and Francis - Balkema
Pages1125-1134
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9781138027138
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event12th International Conference on Asphalt Pavements, ISAP 2014 - Raleigh, NC, United States
Duration: Jun 1 2014Jun 5 2014

Publication series

NameAsphalt Pavements - Proceedings of the International Conference on Asphalt Pavements, ISAP 2014
Volume2

Other

Other12th International Conference on Asphalt Pavements, ISAP 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityRaleigh, NC
Period6/1/146/5/14

Keywords

  • Accelerated pavement testing
  • New-generation wide-base tires
  • Pavement instrumentation
  • Pavement responses

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Building and Construction
  • Architecture

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