Laboratory assessment of the resistance to crack propagation in high-stiffness asphaltic materials

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-66

  Collop, A C ^a   Sewen, A J ^b   Thom, N H ^a  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asphalt; Crack propagation; LEFM; Paris law; Stiffness modulus; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MIXTURES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; TENSILE TESTING; THERMAL EFFECTS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

ASPHALTIC MATERIALS; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; STIFFNESS MODULUS;

ASPHALT;

EID: 1842784432     PISSN: 14644207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/146442004322849926     Document Type: Article

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