EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF DISCRETE-ELEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR PLATES AND PAVEMENT SLABS by Sohan L. Agarwal w. Ronald Hudson Research Report Number 56-15 Development of Methods for Computer Simulation of Beam-Columns and Grid-Beam and Slab Systems Research Project 3-5-63-56 conducted for The Texas Highway Department in cooperation with the U. S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Bureau of Public Roads by the CENTER FOR HIGHWAY RESEARCH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN APRIL 1970