Backcalculation of elastic moduli of elements of layered halfspace on the basis of dynamic deformation analysis (by the example of highways)

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the improvement of the method of inverse calculation of elasticity moduli of layers of motorway pavements in the dynamic setting, which involves the analysis of deformation characteristics in the time domain. To solve this problem, the mathematical model of a layered half-space is adapted to the calculation of amplitude-time characteristics of deformation on the surface of the layered medium, and the construction of the corresponding bowls of maximum values of vertical displacements. Adjustment of the calculated values of vertical displacements with respect to the registered experimental displacements in the field was performed. The correspondence between the final values of maximum vertical displacements, amplitude and time characteristics on the surface of the layered medium, and the shapes and areas of dynamic hysteresis loops on the surface of the investigated medium, achieved by adjusting the calculated characteristics relative to the experimental ones, has been demonstrated. For the first time in solving the problem of determining the mechanical parameters of a layered medium, it was proposed to consider dynamic hysteresis loops as one of the parameters characterising them and the correspondence of their calculated and experimental areas as a criterion of the adequacy of the achieved result.