Micromechanical modeling of the viscoelastic behavior of asphalt mixtures using the discrete-element method

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-139

  Abbas, Ala ^a   Masad, Eyad ^b   Papagiannakis, Tom ^c   Harman, Tom ^d  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d Federal Highway Administration Resource Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asphalt; Binders; Discrete element; Micromechanics; Mixture; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BINDERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MICROMECHANICS; PHASE METERS; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; VISCOELASTICITY;

HOT MIX ASPHALT (HMA); MICROSTRUCTURE IMAGES; SIMPLE PERFORMANCE TEST (SPT);

ASPHALT;

ASPHALT; DEFORMATION; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROMECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELING; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR TEST; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 33947370213     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2007)7:2(131)     Document Type: Article

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