Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Crack Initiation and Growth in Thin Film of Bitumen

This article describes a test that was developed for estimating fracture properties of bituminous mixes. Focus was on estimating the influence of bitumen on crack resistance and fatigue behavior. In the test, a thin film of binder was subjected to successive tension loads with a constant strain rate. Using numerical methods, the formation and evolution of the crack size was studied. The test was modeled using the finite element method. In addition, stress intensity factor and displacement intensity factor were used in a quantitative method for studying the strain rate effect on crack propagation.

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• Authors:
  • Hammoum, Ferhat
  • Chailleux, Emmanuel
  • Nguyen, Hoai-Nam
  • Erhlacher, Alain
  • Piau, Jean-Michel
  • Bodin, Didier
• Publication Date: 2009-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 39-61
• Serial:
  • Road Materials and Pavement Design
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1468-0629
  • EISSN: 2164-7402
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/trmp20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bitumen; Cavitation (Mechanics); Cracking; Fatigue cracking; Finite element method; Stress cracking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01129813
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: May 29 2009 8:49AM