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To my surprise, I still see papers/publications in which 4P bending tests on asphaltic beams were used with a controlled haversine deflection. Nothing wrong as long as you are aware of the fact...
01 January 1970 2,594 0 View
Dear All, It is well known that above 10 Hz in 4PB tests mass inertia forces due moving masses between the two inner clamps and the load cell play a role. Some producers of 4PB devices corrected...
01 January 1970 7,082 0 View
Dear friends, I have attached another paper on loading a concrete slab near an edge. This paper might be of interest to those involved in Westergaard and Pasternak models. Regards Ad
01 January 1970 9,762 0 View
Dear colleagues, around 30 years ago I read a paper in which the boundary condition at the edge of a slab was not formulated properly. According to me, the slabs should move away from each other....
01 January 1970 7,501 0 View
In (asphalt) fatigue the fatigue damage is related to tensile strains and stresses. I like to give another point of view. I "believe" that fatigue damage is firstly related to the Dissipated...
01 January 1970 6,499 0 View
Attached are a short note on the ratio of the shear deflection Vs and the deflection Vb due to pure bending. In the back calculation procedure, it is assumed that this ratio is constant and only...
01 January 1970 8,688 0 View
Dear friends, about three decades ago I was next to asphalt research and also involved in foundation models for rigid pavements. There are three commonly used foundations models: 1) Winkler...
01 January 1970 4,814 0 View
