Influence of specimen size on fracture energy of asphalt concrete

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

Volumn 76, Issue , 2007, Pages 391-426

  Wagoner, Michael P ^a   Buttlar, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asphalt concrete; Disk shaped compact tension; Fracture energy; Size effect; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT CONCRETE; ASPHALT CONCRETE FRACTURE; ASPHALT MASTIC; ASPHALT PAVING; BOUNDARY EFFECTS; CRACK FACES; DATA INTERPRETATION; DESIGN APPROACHES; DISK-SHAPED COMPACT TENSION; FRACTURE DATA; FRACTURE PROCESS ZONE; HIGH STRAINS; IN-PLANE; LIGAMENT LENGTHS; MATE RIAL PROPERTIES; MATERIAL FRACTURE; NON-LINEAR FRACTURE MECHANICS; PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE; SIZE EFFECT; SIZE EFFECT LAW; SIZE EFFECTS; SPECIMEN THICKNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TEST DATA; THICKNESS VARIATIONS;

AGGREGATES; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; BRITTLENESS; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETES; CRACK TIPS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE ENERGY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LIGAMENTS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PAVEMENTS; PORTLAND CEMENT; SIZE DETERMINATION; SPEED; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TECHNOLOGY;

ASPHALT;

EID: 49649121523     PISSN: 02702932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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