Title
Asphalt pavement modulus backcalculation using surface deflections under moving loads
Abstract
AbstractAbstractThe measurement of pavement surface deflections under moving loads can be used for evaluation of pavement structural condition. The objective of this paper is to develop an innovative backcalculation method to calculate pavement layer moduli based on traffic speed deflectometer (TSD) measurements and analyze factors influencing backcalculation results. The backcalculation method is based on 2.5D finite element method (FEM) and constrained extended Kalman filter (CEKF). Field measurements at different pavement sections were used to verify the accuracy of backcalculation results. Parametric analysis was conducted to evaluate the influences of traffic loading and pavement structure variations in the field. It was found that the backcalculation results were considerably affected by the variation of asphalt layer thickness and dynamic loading due to pavement surface roughness. A heavy truck passing the adjacent lane during TSD testing could also cause variation of backcalculation results.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1111/mice.12624
Periodicals
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
35
11
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1093-9687
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chaoyang Wu100.34
Hao Wang200.34
Jingnan Zhao300.34
Xin Jiang400.34
Yanjun Qiu500.34