Numerical investigation into the stiffness anisotropy of asphalt concrete from a microstructural perspective

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3059-3065

  Chen, Jun ^a   Pan, Tongyan ^b   Huang, Xiaoming ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Catholic University of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Asphalt concrete; Discrete element method; Micromechanics; Stiffness anisotropy; Three dimensional simulation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE GRADATIONS; AIR VOIDS; ASPHALT CONCRETES; COMPLEX MODULUS; COMPRESSION STRESS; COMPRESSIVE TESTS; CONTACT MODELS; CUBIC SAMPLES; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE ELEMENTS; DYNAMIC STIFFNESS; INDIRECT TENSILE STRENGTH; INPUT PARAMETER; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROMECHANICAL MODEL; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELING; PARTICLE ORIENTATION; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; STIFFNESS ANISOTROPY; TEMPERATURE DROPS; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; VOLUMETRIC FRACTIONS;

AGGREGATES; ANISOTROPY; ASPHALT; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MICROMECHANICS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 79953222132     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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