Crack initiation in asphalt mixtures under external compressive loads Academic Article

abstract

• 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Crack initiation was studied for asphalt mixtures under external compressive loads. High tensile localized stresses e direction of the external loads. A quantitative crack initiation criterion the edges of compressed air voids lead to the growth of wing cracks in thon was derived using pseudostrain energy balance principle. Bond energy is determined and it increases with aging and loading rate while decreases with temperature. Cohesive and adhesive cracking occur simultaneously and a method was proposed to determine the individual percentage. The crack initiation criterion is simplified and validated through comparing the predicted and measured compressive strength of the asphalt mixtures.

authors

• Lytton, Robert

published proceedings

• CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS

author list (cited authors)

• Zhang, Y., Luo, X., Luo, R., & Lytton, R. L.

citation count

• 55

complete list of authors

• Zhang, Yuqing||Luo, Xue||Luo, Rong||Lytton, Robert L

publication date

• December 2014

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Construction and Building Materials  Journal

keywords

• Asphalt Mixtures
• Bond Energy
• Compressive Loads
• Compressive Strength
• Crack Initiation
• Pseudostrain Energy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.09.009

start page

• 94

end page

• 103

volume

• 72

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.conbuildmat.2014.09.009