Modelling of dynamic response of pavements to impact loading

This contribution presents a discrete layer model for studying the elastostatic response of a pavement to falling weight deflectometer impact loading. The displacement field is represented by a Fourier-Bessel series expansion in the radial direction and piecewise linear variation in displacement in the vertical. Explicit time marching has been adopted to follow the history of a response. The results show that, although dynamic and static …