Low temperature cracking performance of WMA with the use of the Superpave indirect tensile test

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 643-649

  Das, Prabir Kumar ^a   Tasdemir, Yuksel ^b   Birgisson, Björn ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b BOZOK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

HMA fracture mechanics; Low temperature cracking; Superpave IDT; Warm mix asphalt; Wax

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; ASPHALT MIXTURE; BENDING BEAM RHEOMETER; DYNAMIC SHEAR RHEOMETER; ENERGY RATIO; FRACTURE PARAMETER; GENERAL LINEAR MODELS; HMA FRACTURE MECHANICS; HOT MIX ASPHALT; INDIRECT TENSILE TEST; LOW TEMPERATURE CRACKING; LOW TEMPERATURES; MASTER CURVE; MODIFIED BITUMEN; STIFFENING EFFECT; SUPERPAVE IDT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; WARM MIX ASPHALTS;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE TESTING; SUPERPAVE; WAXES;

ASPHALT PAVEMENTS;

EID: 84855497420     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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