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APPROCHE DIMENSIONNEMENT MECANO-EMPIRIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2018-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Design
  • Road Maintenance
DEF

An approach that seeks to explain phenomena only by reference to physical causes [and that uses] empirical elements ... when defining what value of the calculated stresses, strains and deflections result in pavement failure.

OBS

In pavement design, the phenomena are the stresses, strains and deflections within a pavement structure, and the physical causes are the loads and material properties of the pavement structure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conception des voies de circulation
  • Entretien des routes
CONT

Cet article présente une nouvelle approche de dimensionnement mécano-empirique des chaussées en béton bitumineux mince.

Spanish

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