2D and 3D fracture modeling of asphalt mixture with randomly distributed aggregates and embedded cohesive cracks

Procedia IUTAM

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 114-122

  Yin, Anyi ^a   Yang, Xinhua ^a   Yang, Zhenjun ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asphalt mixture; Cohesive elements; Crcaking; Mesoscale modeling; Random aggregate generation and packing algorithm

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ASPHALT; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MASTIC ASPHALT; MIXTURES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COARSE AGGREGATES; COHESIVE ELEMENT; COHESIVE FRACTURE; CRACK INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; CRCAKING; MESO-SCALE MODELING; PACKING ALGORITHMS; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED;

ASPHALT MIXTURES;

EID: 84876496154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22109838     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.piutam.2013.01.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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