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Simulation of hourly temperature gradients in asphalt concrete pavement structures
Title:
Simulation of hourly temperature gradients in asphalt concrete pavement structures
Author:
Wolfe, R. Kenneth (Robert Kenneth), 1929-
Publication Information:
[Toledo, Ohio] : University of Toledo, Dept. of Industrial Engineering ; Springfield, Va. : Available through the National Technical Information Service, [1994]
Physical Description:
x, 129 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
General Note:
"December, 1994."
Contents:
Overview -- Heat transfer in asphalt concrete -- Elastic modeling -- Numerical elastic solutions -- Results -- Hourly horizontal strains -- Description and use of strain programs -- Concluding comments --- Appendices -- Bibliography.
Abstract:
The design of overlays on existing pavements requires an understanding of the strains at the overlay-base interface. The overlay, asphaltic concrete, is a highly temperature-sensitive viscoelastic material resulting in strains which are dependent upon the temperature profiles which exist in the asphalt layer as a result of varying weather conditions during the year. Therefore, the present study developed procedures which utilize yearly weather data obtained from the National Climatic Data Center to estimate the temperature profiles that affect the modulus of elasticity-temperature relationship. Additional input included many weather factors such as wind velocity, cloud cover, solar radiation, air temperature, latitude, longitude, and a host of other factors specific to a location and time of day. The procedures, or temperature simulations, utilize up to ten years of hourly weather data to develop the vertical and horizontal strains at the asphalt-base interface.
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