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EVALUATION OF ASPHALT BINDER AND ASPHALT MIXTURE HEALING BASED ON VISCO-ELASTIC CONTINUUM DAMAGE THEORY
Fatigue cracking of asphalt pavements is one of the main distresses that reduces the serviceability of roads. The prediction of fatigue cracking in pavements is carried out using laboratory tests and mechanistic models. However, such predictions usually underestimate observed field performance. Their inability to suitably account for the self-healing capability of asphalt pavements is one of the key sources of the variation. This study presents a novel test method and a healing index based on Visco-Elastic Continuum Damage (VECD) theory to quantify the self-healing capacity of asphalt binders and mixes. The proposed asphalt binder healing test is a modification of the conventional Linear Amplitude Sweep (LAS) test, which not only considers the effect of rest periods but also minimizes the number of specimens required for the comprehensive analysis.A healing index based on released pseudo strain energy was developed to quantify the healing of asphalt binder and mixes. The analyses of healing indices for asphalt binders show that softer binders have better healing capacity at low damage levels. On the other hand, binders with higher performance grade have better healing capacity at higher damage levels. An increase in rest period duration was found to increase the healing index of asphalt binder. But the sensitivity of the healing index to the duration of rest periods decreased with damage accumulation. Studies conducted on the surface energy and intrinsic healing parameters of asphalt binder showed that the non-polar Lifshitz–van der Waals component of the surface energy correlated well with the healing of asphalt binder.\nIn addition, stress-controlled fatigue tests with rest periods were used to study the healing of asphalt mixtures. The results showed that an increase in temperature and rest period duration enhanced the healing of asphalt mixes. Finally, the rest period, temperature, material integrity level, and surface energy of the asphalt binder were used to develop a phenomenological-based healing ...
EVALUATION OF ASPHALT BINDER AND ASPHALT MIXTURE HEALING BASED ON VISCO-ELASTIC CONTINUUM DAMAGE THEORY
Fatigue cracking of asphalt pavements is one of the main distresses that reduces the serviceability of roads. The prediction of fatigue cracking in pavements is carried out using laboratory tests and mechanistic models. However, such predictions usually underestimate observed field performance. Their inability to suitably account for the self-healing capability of asphalt pavements is one of the key sources of the variation. This study presents a novel test method and a healing index based on Visco-Elastic Continuum Damage (VECD) theory to quantify the self-healing capacity of asphalt binders and mixes. The proposed asphalt binder healing test is a modification of the conventional Linear Amplitude Sweep (LAS) test, which not only considers the effect of rest periods but also minimizes the number of specimens required for the comprehensive analysis.A healing index based on released pseudo strain energy was developed to quantify the healing of asphalt binder and mixes. The analyses of healing indices for asphalt binders show that softer binders have better healing capacity at low damage levels. On the other hand, binders with higher performance grade have better healing capacity at higher damage levels. An increase in rest period duration was found to increase the healing index of asphalt binder. But the sensitivity of the healing index to the duration of rest periods decreased with damage accumulation. Studies conducted on the surface energy and intrinsic healing parameters of asphalt binder showed that the non-polar Lifshitz–van der Waals component of the surface energy correlated well with the healing of asphalt binder.\nIn addition, stress-controlled fatigue tests with rest periods were used to study the healing of asphalt mixtures. The results showed that an increase in temperature and rest period duration enhanced the healing of asphalt mixes. Finally, the rest period, temperature, material integrity level, and surface energy of the asphalt binder were used to develop a phenomenological-based healing ...
EVALUATION OF ASPHALT BINDER AND ASPHALT MIXTURE HEALING BASED ON VISCO-ELASTIC CONTINUUM DAMAGE THEORY
Bahadori, Amirmohammad (author) / Muhunthan, Balasingam / Wen, Haifang / Qiao, Phizong / Kassem, Emad
2020-01-01
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Effects of Aggregate Gradation and Asphalt Binder on the Visco-Elastic Behavior of Asphalt Matrix
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2008
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British Library Online Contents | 1996
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