01468543

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https://doi.org/10.3141/2296-04

http://scholar.google.com...+Kim&publication_year=2012

Cracking in asphalt concrete pavements is a major form of pavement distress in the United States. Because the cracking phenomenon is complex and cracking is often affected by both material and structural factors, field engineers have no quick and effective test and analysis protocols. A suite of fatigue analysis tools—as well as applications built around the simplified viscoelastic continuum damage (S-VECD) model—is presented. The S-VECD formulation is presented in a summarized form. Next, the characterization protocols, which are consistent with the capabilities of the asphalt mixture performance tester, are shown. Considerable attention is then given to S-VECD–based analysis tools for assessment of material- and pavement-level fatigue performance. Results show that the S-VECD model can be used to predict the number of cycles until fatigue failure for both constant stress and constant strain loading. The S-VECD model’s sensitivity to mixture composition and external factors is shown through predictions of the endurance limit. Finally, pavement performance predictions are used to show how the S-VECD model can predict the field performance results of full-scale accelerated pavement tests, quantify the expected performance of pavement design alternatives, and identify factors that affect top-down cracking.

01457891

12-1383

English

pp 36-45

2012

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309262965

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Asphalt concrete; Fatigue cracking; Mathematical models; Pavement performance

Top down cracking (Pavements); Viscoelastic continuum damage model

Highways; Materials; Pavements; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 4 2013 8:33AM

• Asphalt Pavement Analyzer Used to Assess Rutting Susceptibility of Hot-Mix Asphalt Designed for High Tire Pressure Aircraft
• Calibrating and Validating Overlay Tester–Based Fatigue Cracking Model with Data from National Center for Asphalt Technology
• Characterization of Fracture Properties of Asphalt Mixtures as Measured by Semicircular Bend Test and Indirect Tension Test
• Construction of Dynamic Modulus Master Curves with Resilient Modulus and Creep Test Data
• Determining Damage Development in Hot-Mix Asphalt with Use of Continuum Damage Mechanics and Small-Scale Accelerated Pavement Test
• Development of Autonomous Setup for Evaluating Self-Healing Capability of Asphalt Mixtures
• Effect of Mode of Loading on Viscoelastic and Damage Properties of Asphalt Concrete
• Effects of Oxidative Aging on Asphalt Mixture Properties
• Evaluation of Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester: Utah Experience
• Hot-Mix Asphalt Permanent Deformation Evaluated by Hamburg Wheel Tracking, Dynamic Modulus, and Repeated Load Tests
• Incremental Model for Prediction of Permanent Deformation of Asphalt Concrete in Compression
• Method to Quantify Healing in Asphalt Composites by Continuum Damage Approach
• Modeling Thermal Stress in Asphalt Mixtures Undergoing Glass Transition and Physical Hardening
• Scanning Laser Detection System Used to Measure Propagation of Fatigue Damage of Asphalt Mixes