Development and field evaluation of energy-based criteria for top-down cracking performance of hot mix asphalt

Asphalt Paving Technology, AAPT

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 229-260

  Roque, Reynaldo ^a   Birgisson, Bjom ^a   Drakos, Christos ^a   Dietrich, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture Mechanics; Pavement Performance; Top Down Cracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 20044365484     PISSN: 02702932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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