Stresses and Deflection Analysis in Rigid Pavement by Westergaard’s Theory and 3-D FEM

Abstract

This study involves the wheel load stress at the different part (Interior, edge, corner) of the rigid pavement. The stresses and deflection at different part of the pavements are analyzed using ANSYS R18.0 modeling, which indicates the results of the deflection and stresses using Westergaard's equation and give FEM outputs in the form of presentation of the pavement. In this study finite element method is used for showing how that analysis is more viable in the analysis of the stresses at the different part of the pavement considering rigid pavement resting on elastic foundation subjected to static foundation.