Design of non-rigid pavements in view of moving vehicles influence

Subject: interaction of the moving vehicle with asphalt concrete road pavement. Research objectives: analysis of influence of dynamic loads from the moving vehicle on the road pavement with asphalt concrete. Materials and methods: interaction models are based on the impulse approach (impulse of dynamic loads) and dynamic factor. Results: creation of the mathematical model which is based on the impulse approach and allows us to determine the load on the pavement as a function of vehicle speed. Conclusions: 1) when the speed increases, the force exerted by the moving vehicle on pavement quickly decreases, reaching a minimum at some speed, and then slowly increases; 2) there exists the optimum vehicle speed for the highway exploitation, at which the impact of the force on the road is minimum; it is possible to increase the pavement longevity if this speed for road exploitation is complied with.