Research Article

Response Analysis of Asphalt Pavement under Dynamic Loadings: Loading Equivalence

Table 6

Loading equivalence between various loading types in terms of the peak load values and the load periods.

Load typesThe peak load valuesLoad periodsIndexes

Moving traffic loadPTRuttingFatigue life
Half-sinusoidal load1.1P1.03TRuttingFatigue life
Triangular load1.1P2.50TRuttingFatigue life
Vertical stepwise load1.1P2.74TRuttingFatigue life