Evaluation of Pavement Damage Due to New Tire Designs

The objectives of this research projects are to:(1) to quantify pavement damage due to different tire and axle configurations commonly used in Illinois, based on the Finite Element Method; and, (2) conduct a detailed analysis to determine the damage caused by overweight vehicles and their impact on the pavement.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Contract Numbers:

  R59

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Materials and Physical Research
  126 East Ash Street
  Springfield, IL  United States  62704-4766
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  1105 Newmark Civil Engineering Lab, 205 North Matthews Avenue
  Urbana, IL  United States  61801
• Principal Investigators:

  Al-Qadi, Imad

• Start Date: 20060100
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20081200
• Source Data: RiP Project 11326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Heavy vehicles; Pavement cracking; Pavement distress; Pavements; Research projects; Tire treads
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I30: Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01460651
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Illinois Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: R59
• Files: RiP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:29PM