Multiscale fracture simulation of three-point bending asphalt mixture beam considering material heterogeneity

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2414-2428

  Yin, Anyi ^a   Yang, Xinhua ^a   Yang, Shengfeng ^a   Jiang, Wen ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregate generation and packing algorithm; Asphalt mixture; Crack growth; Multiscale model; Three point bending beam

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE DISTRIBUTION; ASPHALT MIXTURE; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CRACK LOCATION; CRACKING BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE SIMULATIONS; LOCAL REGION; MACRO SCALE; MACROSCOPIC SCALE; MATERIAL HETEROGENEITY; MESOSCALE; MESOSCOPIC SCALE; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; MULTISCALE MODELS; MULTISCALES; PACKING ALGORITHMS; THREE POINT BENDING; THREE POINT BENDING BEAM;

AGGLOMERATION; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; MIXTURES;

ASPHALT;

EID: 79960305055     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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