Identification of interfacial transition zone in asphalt concrete based on nano-scale metrology techniques

Materials and Design

Volumn 129, Issue , 2017, Pages 91-102

  Zhu, Xingyi ^a,b   Yuan, Ying ^a   Li, Lihan ^a   Du, Yuchuan ^a   Li, Feng ^c  

^a The National Maglev Transportation Engineering Research and Development Center   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asphalt mixture; Energy dispersive X ray spectrometer (EDS); Image processing technique; Interfacial transition zone; Nanoindentation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ASPHALT; ASPHALT CONCRETE; CONCRETES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MASTIC ASPHALT; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXTURES; NANOINDENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETERS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; INTERFACIAL TRANSITION ZONE; MICROMECHANICAL MODEL; MODULUS VALUES; NANOSCALE CHARACTERIZATION;

ASPHALT MIXTURES;

EID: 85019077307     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2017.05.015     Document Type: Article

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