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KENPAVE is a computer program package that is used to analyze and calculate the
stresses, strains, and deformations of pavements. There are 4 programs under KENPAVE,
LAYERINP, KENLAYER, SLABSINP, and KENSLABS.
KENLAYER is used for flexible pavements with no joints or rigid layers. While the KENSLABS
program should be used for pavements having hard layers, such as PCC and
composite pavements. KENLAYER's main component is the answer to an elastic
multilayer system beneath a circularly loaded area. The solutions are applied
repeatedly for non-linear layers and collocated at different times for viscoelastic layers.
Then the solutions are superimposed for numerous wheels. KENLAYER can therefore be
used to model layered systems with one, two, four, or two three wheels, each of which
has a different behavior, either linear elastic, nonlinear elastic, or viscoelastic. Each year
can then be divided into a maximum of 12 eras, each with a unique set of material
attributes, allowing for damage analysis. Maximum load groups per period, whether
single or multiple, are 12. To determine the design life, the harm from fatigue cracking
and permanent deformation in each period across all load categories is added
together.
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