DISCONTINUOUS ORTHOTROPIC PLATES AND PAVEMENT SLABS by w. Ronald Hudson Hudson Matlock Research Report Number 56-6 Development of Methods for Computer Simulation of Beam-Columns and Slab Systems Research Project 3-5-63-56 (HPR-1-4) conducted for The Texas Highway Department Interagency Contract No. 4613-1007 In cooperation with the U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads by the CENTER FOR HIGHWAY RESEARCH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS May 1966