Determining the low-temperature fracture toughness of asphalt mixtures

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1789, 2002, Pages 191-199

  Marasteanu, Mihai O ^a   Dai, Shongtao ^b   Labuz, Joseph F ^a   Li, Xue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS PAVING MATERIALS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LOW TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; MIXTURES; SHRINKAGE; STRESSES;

ASPHALT MIXTURE; FRACTURE RESISTANCE; SHRINKAGE STRESSES;

ASPHALT;

EID: 0036924298     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1789-21     Document Type: Article

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