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2D PLAXIS FINITE ELEMENT MODELING OF ASPHALT-CONCRETE PAVEMENT REINFORCED WITH GEOGRID

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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Civil Engineering: structural, Geotechnical, reinforced concrete and s…nd sanitary engineering, Hydraulic, Railway, construction Management.

Abstract

Geogrid-reinforcement is often used in conjunction with unbound base layers to enhance flexible
pavements performance. This paper presents an axisymmetric finite element (FE) model to analyze
the behavior of unreinforced and geogrid reinforced bituminous pavement subjected to static and
dynamic loadings. The model was loaded with an incremental loading and the critical pavement
responses such as effective stress and vertical surface deflection were determined for unreinforced
and geogrid reinforced flexible pavement. The results indicated that during static loading, a
moderate effect on the pavement behavior was observed due to the reinforcing geogrid layer. This
effect was not noted in case of dynamic loading. The effect of dynamic loading frequency on
pavement settlement was significant especially for high loading amplitudes. The results also showed
no significant improvement in pavement system behavior was obtained by adding another layer of
geogrid reinforcement.

DOI

10.21608/jesaun.2014.115106

Keywords

Geogrid, Pavement Performance, Plaxis Program, FE Analysis, flexible pavement, Reinforced Pavement, Dynamic loading

Authors

First Name

Hamdy

Last Name

Faheem

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Affiliation

Faculty of Eng., Minia University, Civil Engineering Department, Egypt

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drhamdyfaheem@gmail.com

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First Name

Ahmed Mohamed

Last Name

Hassan

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Faculty of Eng., Minia University, Civil Engineering Department, Egypt

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Volume

42

Article Issue

No 6

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16866

Issue Date

2014-11-01

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2014-11-30

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2014-11-01

Page Start

1,336

Page End

1,348

Print ISSN

1687-0530

Online ISSN

2356-8550

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Research Paper

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1,438

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JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences

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23 Jan 2023