Investigation of Thermally and Mechanically Balanced Structural Design of Insulated Pavements for Cold Region Applications

Abstract

L 0.3L Background and Objective  Add an insulation layer above the frostsusceptible layer have been proved to be an efficient strategy to mitigate frost effect on pavements in cold regions.  Limited research was conducted on the thermal and mechanical design of insulated pavement Objective: Propose a thermally and mechanically design approach based on a novel finite element model Methodology and Finite Element Model Experimental Setup Results and Discussion