FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF RIGID PAVEMENT USING EVERFE2.24& COMPARISION OF RESULTS WITH IRC58-2002 & IRC58-2015
Civil Engineering and Urban Planning: An International Journal(CiVEJ), 3 (1):
15-19 (March 2016)DOI: 10.5121/civej.2016.3102
Abstract
In this study analysis of plain cement concrete pavement was done with 3-D mechanistic FEM computer programme EVERFE2.24. This programme was developed by Bill David, University of Maine,USA. Rigid pavement is modelled as a flat slab with DLC as base course and subgrade beneath it. Stresses in rigid pavement at critical location was calculated due to combined effect of axle load and environmental factor.These results are compared with IRC58-2015&2002.The disparity between results are analysed and plotted on graph. This study finds that stressesgiven by IRC58-2015 is up to 42% less than that given by IRC58-2002, and stresses given by EverFE2.24 is nearly same as given by IRC58-2002.italso highlighted some issues related to new code of design i.e. IRC58-2015