Refined assessment of strength of concrete pavement probabilistic method

Abstract

Abstract The object of research is the method of calculating the strength of cement concrete airfield pavement. According to the current regulatory documents, the calculation of the strength of the coating is carried out according to the first limit state, taking into account the internal forces arising in the slab from the impact of the wheel load and temperature. The repeated impact of loads from the wheels of the main supports of various types of air is replaced by the influence of the main support of the heaviest aircraft, causing the greatest bending moment in the design section of the plate. However, the calculations do not take into account the stochastic nature of such factors as the take-off weight of aircraft, the plate thickness, the bed ratio of the elastic foundation, the probability of the combined effect of operating loads from the main bearing wheels and temperature in the calculated section of the plate, as well as the probability distribution of loads from the aircraft spectrum across the width of the airfield elements. The article proposes a method for taking into account the probabilistic-statistical variability of operating loads, physical and mechanical properties of materials and the geometric characteristics of the plate, recommended when developing a new regulatory framework for the design of rigid airfield pavements. The method of statistical linearization of random functions of several random arguments was chosen as the research method. Using the mathematical apparatus of the theory of random functions, the statistical coefficient of the working conditions of the plate is analytically determined, and a numerical analysis of the obtained analytical solution is carried out. It has been established that with the same unfavorable combination of variability of basic arguments, the calculated absolute value of the statistical coefficient of the working conditions of the slab is more influenced by the coefficient of variation of the slab thickness than the coefficient of variation of the strength of cement concrete in bending. The condition for calculating the required thickness of the hard airfield slab of monolithic cement concrete is determined.