Pavement Response to Vehicular Loads - A Mechanistic Approach Involving Nondestructive Evaluation Techniques -

C. Kennedy, Jr.Battelle505 KingAvenueColumbus, Ohio 43201ABSTRACTThe need for effective design in the nation's highways is greater now, more than ever, due to shrinking funds for newconstruction and rehabilitation/maintenance practices and the need to preserve the lands that are not now part ofthe roadwaysystem. Most of the nation's highways were constructed within the last 30 years and many of these are due for significant