ISSN:
1013-9826
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Cracking is one of the major distress types of asphalt pavements. Expected life ofpavements, pavement condition and maintenance cost are directly related to pavement cracking. Itis necessary to promote the understanding of cracking mechanism of hot mix asphalt (HMA) basedon fracture mechanics. Simulation, surveying, observation, and measurement of cracking inpavement structures have been reported in literature in last three decades. However, crackingprocess in asphalt mixtures in a three dimensional scale is still a great challenge to road engineers.This paper reports a research effort of dynamic observation of the micro-fracture process of asphaltmixture under compressed condition using CT (computerized tomography) method. Through CTscanning, the clear CT images, which include the microcrack compressed, growth, bifurcation,development, the crack fracture, and the asphalt concrete sample failure were obtained. The CTnumbers, CT images and the other data were analyzed. Analysis of the relationship between of CTnumber and volumetric strain suggests that damage value at zero volumetric strain can be used asthreshold point in damage analysis. Corresponding stress value can be used as maximum allowablestress in design practice
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/55/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FKEM.348-349.305.pdf
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