Spending costs in construction of road pavements has turned this subject into one of the significant points in transportation infrastructure of countries. Concrete slabs consider as a paving method with ability of reducing the rehabilitation needs. Therefore, to manage costs and optimize the thickness of concrete pavements, recognizing the amount of determinative factors’ influence will be requ...

This study focuses on the development and performance of a comprehensive artificial neural network (ANN) model for the analysis of jointed concrete slabs under simultaneous aircraft and temperature loading. Using the results of the ILLI-SLAB finite element program, a comprehensive artificial neural network model was trained for the different loading conditions of gear loading only, temperature ...

ballast as a part of the railway system plays an important role in the operation of the railways and also has a great impact on repair and maintenance activities. hence most of the repair and maintenance activities in traditional railway systems are due to the defections in the ballast layer and therefore most of the maintenance budget is spent on repairing these defects. these repair and maint...

• A finite element model of composite cellular beams with PCHCS was developed. parametric study carried out by geometrical non-linear analyses. Symmetric and asymmetric section were considered. The predominant failure mode the web post buckling. strength not limited only beam. This paper aims to predict ultimate behavior steel–concrete using precast hollow core slabs. is developed analysis. out...

In this paper, a method to obtain crack initiation, location and width in concrete structures subjected to bending and instrumented with an OBR system (Optical Backscattered Reflectometer) is proposed. Continuous strain data with high spatial resolution and accuracy are the main advantages of the OBR system. These characteristics make this Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) technique a useful t...

A half-precast concrete slab system (HPCSS) is reported to exhibit excellent structural performance when compared with traditional slab systems. However, there is a lack of extant research examining the construction issues of an HPCSS. Thus, in this study, we analyze the construction process and productivity of applying an HPCSS by using a simulation method with the data collected from an actua...

rutting in asphalt concrete is a very common form of distress in asphalt concrete pavement which unfortunately has been incurable to date. one of the prime reasons of rutting is attributed to the behaviour of asphalt binder at elevated temperature. this study has investigated the performance of polypropylene fibres modified asphalt concrete mix against rutting. two types of asphalt concrete sam...

In the current paper, the effect of curling and warping, caused by environmental ambient conditions, on the initial smoothness of concrete pavements is discussed. Surface profile measurements were made during the hours of the early morning and late afternoon on an instrumented jointed plain concrete pavement ( JPCP) on highway US-30 near Marshalltown, Iowa during the first seven days after cons...