Micromechanics Study on Top-Down Cracking

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1853, 2003, Pages 121-133

  Wang, L B ^a   Myers, L A ^b   Mohammad, L N ^a   Fu, Y R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRACK INITIATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; PAVEMENTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF SERVICE; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRESS;

MASTIC STIFFNESS; TOP-DOWN CRACKING;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS;

EID: 1942472595     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1853-14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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