Effects of viscoelastic stress redistribution on the cracking performance of asphalt pavements

Asphalt Paving Technology: Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists-Proceedings of the Technical Sessions

Volumn 75, Issue , 2006, Pages 637-676

  Wang, Jianlin ^a   Birgisson, Bjorn ^a   Roque, Reynaldo ^a   Molenaar, Andre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asphalt pavement; Residual stress; Rheological behavior; Top down cracking; Viscoelastic stress redistribution

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT CONCRETE (AC); DISSIPATED CREEP STRAIN ENERGY (DCSE); HOT MIX ASPHALT (HMA); STRESS REDISTRIBUTION; VISCOELASTIC EFFECTS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LOADS (FORCES); RESIDUAL STRESSES; RHEOLOGY; TENSILE STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS;

EID: 33845538675     PISSN: 02702932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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