Dynamic response of cement concrete pavement under aircraft taxiing load

The dynamic responses of airfield cement concrete pavement were analysed when an aircraft taxies on the pavement. The pavement was regarded as a single rectangular slab with free edges resting on a viscoelastic layered foundation. A semi-analysis method was proposed and a mechanical model was established to calculate the dynamic response of slab under aircraft taxiing load, which consists of its weight and the lift force. The displacement transducers were installed inside the hole drilled on the pavement, and the dynamic deflections of the slab were measured when H-6 aircraft taxies on the pavement at different velocities. The theoretical solutions compared with the experimental results show the relative error between them is less than 3%. It indicates that the calculating method is correct and effective.