Dynamic Response of Rigid Pavement Plate due to Localized Blast Load

Abstract

In structural and transportation engineering applications, the dynamic response of orthotropic plates is an essential matter. Engineers did not consider the effects of dynamic loads such as those from machine vibrations or blast load. Dynamic analysis of rigid pavement plates due to local blast loads on concrete slabs in this research is modeled as concrete slabs with boundary condition that every edges of plates have a dowel-tie bar support and The rigid concrete pavement sitting on elastics Pasternak foundation is modeled by using the Kirchhoff theory of thin plates. Pasternak foundation have elastic vertical spring support and continuous shear layer. The main system responses that are observed are the transversal deflections at midspan and the internal stresses of the plate, particularly the maximum principle stress, minimum principle stress and maximum shear stress. Three loading phases are included in the analysis, namely: the positive phase, the negative phase, and the free vibration phase. Analyses are carried out utilizing a numeric approach termed the Modified Bolotin Method with two trancedental equation. The analysis is performed when the load is above the plate (0 ≤ t ≤ t0). Deflections resulting from various load positions on the set of slab models throughout all three phases are then compared side-by-side. Bending moment, shear forces, and stresses are calculated on all slab models with the Friedlander localized blast loading applied at midspan and the results are presented as stress contours that are then compared between each model.