Dynamic behaviours of continuously reinforced concrete pavement on a layered transversely isotropic saturated subgrade under moving loads

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the dynamic behaviour of continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) on a multi‐layered transversely isotropic saturated subgrade subjected to a moving load. The stress‐strain relationship of the CRCP is obtained based on classic lamination theory. Then, the differential governing equations of the pavement are established by D'Alembert's principle. Combining the Fourier series expansion and integral transform technique, the displacements of the CRCP in the wavenumber domain are derived. By introducing pavement‐subgrade interface conditions, the solution to the pavement‐subgrade system is acquired with the use of the extended precise integration method (PIM). The solution in the spatial domain is further obtained by the numerical inverse transform. The presented method and the corresponding program are verified. Finally, parametric studies are conducted to determine the effects of the reinforcement ratio and position, the load velocity and the subgrade stiffness.