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Stress and Strain Profiles along the Cross-Section of Waste Tire Rubberized Concrete Plates for Airport Pavements

by E. Ferretti¹, M.C. Bignozzi²

1 DICAM, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 (BO), Italy.
2 DICAM, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Via Terracini 28, 40131 (BO), Italy.

Computers, Materials & Continua 2012, 27(3), 231-274. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmc.2011.027.231

Abstract

In this study, the results of an in-situ experimental program on the performance of concrete taxiways are presented. The experimental program has been undertaken at the Guglielmo Marconi airport of Bologna (Italy). It concerns two portions of the taxiway, one built with plain concrete and one with rubberized concrete. Each portion has been instrumented with strain gauges embedded in concrete for the acquisition of vertical strains. The results of the experimentation are discussed in view of possible applications to the computational analysis of the stress field induced into pavements by aircrafts.

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