TY - GEN
T1 - Computer aided analysis/design of overlays in cracked road pavements
AU - Scarpas, A.
AU - Blaauwendraad, J.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - In this contribution CAPA, a user-friendly, PC based, finite element system, capable of analyzing and dimensioning pavement overlays is presented. Because of the generality of the finite element method, arbitrary geometry, boundary conditions, loading and interlayer bonding can be specified. A variety of options enables the simulation of discrete cracks in the pavement and their interaction with the surrounding materials. Starting from an initial crack length in the pavement, the system can automatically propagate the crack all the way to the surface computing concurrently the relevant fracture mechanics parameters at successive crack tip positions. A user friendly graphical screen input facility, together with a fully fledged mesh generator and extensive pre- and post-processing graphic facilities allow the designer to quickly evaluate the efficiency of various overlay techniques.
AB - In this contribution CAPA, a user-friendly, PC based, finite element system, capable of analyzing and dimensioning pavement overlays is presented. Because of the generality of the finite element method, arbitrary geometry, boundary conditions, loading and interlayer bonding can be specified. A variety of options enables the simulation of discrete cracks in the pavement and their interaction with the surrounding materials. Starting from an initial crack length in the pavement, the system can automatically propagate the crack all the way to the surface computing concurrently the relevant fracture mechanics parameters at successive crack tip positions. A user friendly graphical screen input facility, together with a fully fledged mesh generator and extensive pre- and post-processing graphic facilities allow the designer to quickly evaluate the efficiency of various overlay techniques.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0027148568
SN - 0872629155
T3 - Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
SP - 891
EP - 898
BT - Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
T2 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering - V-ICCCBE
Y2 - 7 June 1993 through 9 June 1993
ER -