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EVALUATION OF FATIGUE HEALING EFFECT OF ASPHALT CONCRETE BY PSEUDOSTIFFNESS

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00931966

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Abstract:

The pseudostrain concept based on the extended nonlinear elastic-viscoelastic correspondence principle has been demonstrated in this research to be an appropriate and efficient method for evaluating microdamage and healing during the fatigue damage process. Pseudostiffness can be used to monitor microdamage and healing during the fatigue test. Pseudostiffness decreases consistently with an increasing number of loading cycles, which indicates that the microdamage occurs during the fatigue test. The significant recovery of pseudostiffness after rest periods indicates that there is a strong healing due to rest periods. The effects of hydrated lime on fatigue microdamage and healing have also been evaluated based on pseudostiffness recovery. The impact of healing during rest periods is evident and substantial. The degree of healing is mixture dependent. The ability of a mixture to heal is largely related to binder properties. Adding hydrated lime to the mixtures tested generally improved the healing potential of the mixtures. In general, stiffer mixtures have better healing and longer rest periods result in greater healing. The mechanism of healing is evaluated by two theories. The initial healing rate is governed by nonpolar surface energy, and the final healing rate is governed by polar surface energy.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1789, Bituminous Paving Mixtures 2002.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

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Authors:

Si, Z
Little, D N
Lytton, R L

Pagination:

p. 73-79

Publication Date:

2002

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1789
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309077141

Features:

Figures (10) ; References (17) ; Tables (2)

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Subject Areas:

Highways; Materials; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Oct 3 2002 12:00AM

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