Research Article

Prediction of Viscoelastic Pavement Responses under Moving Load and Nonuniform Tire Contact Stresses Using 2.5-D Finite Element Method

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Illustration of different loading patterns: uniform stress in rectangular area, sinusoid-shape stress distribution, and point load. (a) Rectangle; (b) sinusoid; (c) point load.
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