Simulation of Fracture Initiation in Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1849, 2003, Pages 183-190

  Birgisson, Bjorn ^a   Soranakom, Chote ^a   Napier, John A L ^b   Roque, Reynaldo ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b Cncl for Sci/Industrial Research   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; BITUMINOUS PAVING MATERIALS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BRITTLENESS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TESTING; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRAPHIC METHODS; PAVEMENT OVERLAYS; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

DISCONTINUITY INTERACTION AND GROWTH SIMULATION (DIGS); DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY METHOD (DDM); HOT-MIX ASPHALT (HMA); SMEARED CRACK APPROACH;

ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 1842665663     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1849-20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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