A new Approach in Concrete Road Design: Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence Technology

In this paper, the main objective is to show how to obtain precise concrete road design by using an information systems and artificial intelligence (ISAI) applied in the numerical design stage of a plate on elastic solid system. In this system, finite difference solution for very large plate on elastic solid is used. Deflections, bending moments, stresses are all determined for every point of the plate under traffic loadings. These computations would take days to complete using existing programs. In the solution explained in this paper, these computations take only few minutes by using computers with very low capacity.In this paper, the logic of solution is determined according to the principles of finite difference method by using an electronic interior control subsystem. In this deterministic approach, plate is divided into small parts. One of these parts, which is named intelligent object (IO) is solved under traffic loadings by ISAI technology. Then the plate surface is scanned by IO and precise solution for plate thickness is determined by using fatigue analysis. The system incorporates ISAI technology.

Keywords:

Concrete road , finite difference , intelligent object , Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence Technology