Abstract
The structural model for pavements on steel plate deck should be able to deal with structure of the steel plate deck as well as pavement structure. This paper presents a structural model using the strip element and prism element. In this model, the steel plate deck is modeled by the strip element and the pavement is divided with the prism element. The strip element and the prism element are connected with a link element. This model is able to analyse the local deformation of pavement, particularly with low stiffness. The validity of the model was verified with numerical examples and comparisons with the experimental results obtained on an actual pavement on a steel plate deck.
