Multilayer boundary-element method for evaluating top-down cracking in hot-mix asphalt pavements

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1896, 2004, Pages 129-137

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

^a SEATEC Group   (Thailand)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYNOMIALS; TENSILE STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ASPHALT CONCRETE (AC); DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY METHOD (DDM); HOT-MIX ASPHALT (HMA); INDIRECT TENSILE TEST (IDT);

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS;

EID: 17444390102     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1896-13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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