Structural characterization of micromechanical properties in asphalt using atomic force microscopy

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1317-1327

  Grover Allen, R ^a   Little, Dallas N ^a   Bhasin, Amit ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Asphalt; Asphalt aging; Atomic force microscopy

Indexed keywords

AFM; ASPHALT AGING; INTERPRETATION OF DATA; MICROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; MICROSTRUCTURAL COMPOSITION; STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAMS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

ASPHALT; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDERS; EXPERIMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

AGING OF MATERIALS;

ADHESION; AGING; ASPHALT; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CREEP; ELASTOPLASTICITY; INDENTATION; MICROMECHANICS; RHEOLOGY; STIFFNESS;

EID: 84875968687     PISSN: 08991561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000510     Document Type: Article

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