Measurement and evaluation of asphalt concrete thermal expansion and contraction

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-149

  Qinwu, Xu ^a,b   Solaimanian, Mansour ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Transtec Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Asphalt concrete; Coefficients of thermal expansion and contraction; Extensometer; Finite element

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT CONCRETES; TEMPERATURE RANGES; ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL CONTRACTIONS; COEFFICIENT-OF-THERMAL EXPANSION; EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING (FEM); LOW TEMPERATURE CRACKING; RUBBER SPECIMEN; TEST METHOD; TEST PROCEDURES;

ASPHALT; CRACK INITIATION; DILATOMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHRINKAGE; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL FATIGUE; ALUMINUM; ASPHALT CONCRETE; CONCRETES; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; RUBBER; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TEMPERATURE; VISCOELASTICITY;

CONCRETES; THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 41049093663     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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