Stochastic micromechanical model of the deterioration of asphalt mixtures subject to moisture diffusion processes

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1079-1097

  Caro, Silvia ^a   Masad, Eyad ^a   Sánchez Silva, Mauricio ^b   Little, Dallas ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Air voids; Asphalt mixtures; Diffusion; Micromechanics; Moisture damage; Random fields; Stochastic process

Indexed keywords

AIR VOIDS; ASPHALT MIXTURES; MOISTURE DAMAGE; RANDOM FIELDS; STOCHASTIC PROCESS;

ASPHALT; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DETERIORATION; DIFFUSION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXTURES; MODELS; MOISTURE; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ASPHALT; COMPLEXITY; DIFFUSION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MICROMECHANICS; MODELING; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 79959436291     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.943     Document Type: Article

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