Abstract
Traditionally, uniform circular contact stresses were assumed between tires and the pavement surfacing in pavement analysis. In recent years, the measurement of static tire-road surfacing contact stresses on a rigid support with a uniform texture led to an improved understanding of these interactions, as well as improved analysis of the data. Furthermore, the measurement of tire surfacing contact stresses on surfaces with a range of textures has led to an improved understanding of the effects of surface textures on contact stresses and subsequently pavement response. In this paper the effect of such a range of surface textures on scaled APT tire-surfacing contact stresses is evaluated and the potential consequences discussed.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Al Qadi, I., & Wang, H. (2009). Perpetual pavement responses under various tire configurations: Accelerated pavement testing and finite element modeling. Journal of the Association of Asphalt Pavement Technologists, 78, 645–680.
Brach, R. M. (2006). Adhesion, hysteresis and the peak longitudinal tire force. PhD thesis, University of Norte Dame. Indiana
Chatti, K., & Zaabar, I. (2012). Estimating the effects of pavement condition on vehicle operating cost. NCHRP Report 720, Washington, DC.
De Beer, M., Fischer, C., & Coetzee, C. H. (2006). Tyre-pavement contact stresses of the model mobile load simulator Mk3 (MMLS3) compared with those of the Heavy Vehicle Simulator Mk IVÂ +Â (HVS IV +). Technical Memorandum CR-2005/30, CSIR Built Environment, Pretoria, South Africa.
Dunford, A. (2013). Friction and the texture of aggregate particles used in the road surface course. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
Epps Martin, A., Ahmed, T., Little, D. C., Hugo, F., Poolman, P., & Mikhail, M. (2002). Performance prediction with the MMLS3 at WesTrack. 9th International conference on asphalt pavements, Copenhagen.
Hugo, F., & Steyn, W. J. M. (2015). A synthesis of applications of the MLS as an innovative system for evaluating performance of asphalt materials in pavement engineering. 11th Conference on asphalt pavements for Southern Africa (CAPSA), 16–19 August 2015, Sun City, South Africa.
Maina, J. W., De Beer, M., & Van Rensburg, Y. (2013). Modelling tyre-road contact stresses in pavement design and analysis. 32nd Southern African transportation conference, Pretoria, South Africa.
Maina, J. W., & Matsui, K. (2004). Developing software for elastic analysis of pavement structure responses to vertical and horizontal surface loadings. Transportation Research Records, 1896, 107–118.
Muki, R. (1956). Three dimensional problem of elasticity for a semi-infinite solid with a tangential load on its surface. Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, 22(119), 468–474.
Poulos, H. G., & Davis, E. H. (1974). Elastic solutions for soil and rock mechanics. New York, NY: Wiley.
Sandberg, U., Ejsmont, U. A., Bergiers, A., Goubert, L., Zöller, M., & Karlsson, R. (2011). Road surface influence on tire/road rolling resistance. Report MIRIAM_SP1_04.
Sime, M., & Ashmore, S. C. (1999). Measurement of contact stresses under MMLS3 tires at WesTrack under axle load of 2.1 kN by tire pavement interface pressure patterns. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) (Unpublished).
Steyn, W. J. M. (2009). Evaluation of the effect of tire loads with different contact stress patterns on asphalt rutting. GeoHunan 2009 conference, Changsha, Hunan, China. ISBN:978-0-7844-1042-4.
Steyn, W. J. M. (2012). Full-scale accelerated pavement testing, 2000 to 2011. NCHRP Synthesis 433. National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Transportation Research Board (TRB), National Research Council, Washington, DC.
Steyn, W. J. M. (2015). Measurement of MMLS3 contact stresses on various surfacings. Project Report UP/WJVDMS/01/2015, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Steyn, W. J. M., & Haw, M. (2005). Transport challenges for 2010: The effect of road surfacing condition on tire life. 24th Annual Southern African transport conference. Pretoria. 11–13 July 2005.
Steyn, W. J. M., & Ilse, M. (2015). Evaluation of tire/surfacing/base contact stresses and texture depth. International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 4(1), 107–118. ISSN:2046-0430.
Thompson, J. C., Lelievre, B., Beckie, R. D., & Negus, K. J. (1987). A simple procedure for computation of vertical soil stresses for surface region of arbitrary shape and loading. Canadian Geotechnique Journal, 24, 143–145.
Tielking, J. T., & Roberts, F. L. (1987). Tire contact pressure and its effect on pavement strain. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 113(1), 56–71.
Acknowledgments
This work is partly based on the research supported in part by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. The Grantholder acknowledges that opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in any publication generated by the NRF supported research are that of the authors, and that the NRF accepts no liability whatsoever in this regard. The support and assistance of the following parties are greatly appreciated and acknowledged: AJ Broom Road Products for supplying the seal Road Patches for the project; SANRAL for use of the Tekscan equipment; Roadlab for supplying and operating the MMLS as well as the sand patch tests, and Prof Fred Hugo for discussion regarding analysis and interpretation of data.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this paper
Cite this paper
JvdM Steyn, W., Maina, J. (2016). Effects of Surface Condition on Non-uniform Contact Stresses of APT Tests. In: Aguiar-Moya, J., Vargas-Nordcbeck, A., Leiva-Villacorta, F., LorÃa-Salazar, L. (eds) The Roles of Accelerated Pavement Testing in Pavement Sustainability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42797-3_42
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42797-3_42
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-42796-6
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-42797-3
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials ScienceChemistry and Material Science (R0)