Hot mix asphalt fracture mechanics: A fundamental crack growth law for asphalt mixtures

Asphalt Paving Technology: Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists-Proceedings of the Technical Sessions

Volumn 71, Issue , 2002, Pages 816-827

  Roque, Reynaldo ^a   Birgisson, Bjorn ^a   Sangpetngam, Boonchai ^a   Zhang, Zhiwang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture mechanics; Fracture threshold; Hot mix asphalt; Indirect tension test; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MIXTURES; OPTIMIZATION; TENSILE TESTING; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ASPHALT MIXTURES;

ASPHALT;

EID: 0036978822     PISSN: 02702932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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