Modelling sand-asphalt mixtures within a thermodynamic framework: Theory and application to torsion experiments

International Journal of Pavement Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-131

  Ravindran, P ^a   Krishnan, J M ^a   Masad, E ^b   Rajagopal, K R ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple natural configurations; Normal stress; Sand asphalt; Torsion; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; MIXTURES; SAND; THERMODYNAMICS; TORSION TESTING; TORSIONAL STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

ANISOTROPIC MODELS; ASPHALT MIXTURES; MULTIPLE NATURAL CONFIGURATIONS; NATURAL CONFIGURATIONS; NON-LINEAR BEHAVIOURS; NORMAL STRESS; THERMODYNAMIC FRAMEWORKS; TORSION; TORSION EXPERIMENTS; TORSION TESTS;

ASPHALT;

EID: 61449123086     PISSN: 10298436     EISSN: 1477268X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10298430802068931     Document Type: Article

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