Predicting viscoelastic response and crack growth in asphalt mixtures with the boundary element method

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1789, 2002, Pages 129-135

  Birgisson, Bjorn ^a   Sangpetngam, Boonchai ^b   Roque, Reynaldo ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ASPHALT MIXTURES; DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY METHOD;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS;

EID: 0036932482     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1789-14     Document Type: Article

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