STRESS ANALYSIS IN THE RIGID PAVEMENT OF AN AIRPORT RUNWAY USING THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

The article describes the analysis of stresses in the concrete slab of an airport runway using the finite element method and the ices-strudl computer program. Rigid pavement is presented as a mathematical model, i.e. A beam on a flexible support with and without friction between the concrete slab and the support layer, a slab on a flexible support (from finite elements), a linear model of the finite elements network and a beam (slab) on a flexible support for analyzing the influence of a movable load and the influence of different temperatures. Test results show that they are, generally, in accordance with the calculation results based on ordinary theoretical approaches.