Abstract:The vehicle is simplified as a one-quarter model, and the pavement structure is regarded as a foundation beam or foundation plate, by combining the two parts a vehicle-road coupling dynamics model is then established, through introducing a dynamic contact algorithm and employing the direct integration method, the differences of results obtained with coupling dynamics model and based upon static model are compared, the discrepancies of vertical acceleration of non-suspension mass at, vehicle-road interaction force P, dynamic deflections W and strains εx at specified points on pavements, shearing strain of joint sealant γ and joint load transfer efficiencies LTE(W), LTE(S) based on two models are discussed. The study showed that the results of at, P, We1 as well as γ upon two models are well agreement with each other, while the results of εx, LTE(W) and LTE(S) based on two models are of little bit difference; the vehicle-plate coupling dynamics model is suitable for simulating the dynamic responses of concrete pavements, whereas the vehicle-beam coupling dynamics model is effective to reflect the joint load transfer mechanism and joint sealant vibration. However, the models established hereof might be used to analysis of dynamic responses and evaluation of concrete pavements.