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

Figure 9

Tire contact stress patterns: (a) point load, (b) uniform stress in rectangular area, (c) sinusoidal distribution, and (d) nonuniform stresses under each rib (unit: kPa).

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