A dimensional analysis on asphalt binder fracture and fatigue cracking

Abstract

Fracture and fatigue cracking in asphalt binder are two of most serious problems for pavement engineers. In this paper, we present a new comprehensive approach, which consists both of dimensional analysis using Buckingham \mathrm{\Pi } Theorem and J-integral analysis based on classic fracture mechanics, to evaluate the fracture and fatigue on asphalt binder. It is discovered that the dimensional analysis could provide a new perspective to analyze the asphalt fracture and fatigue cracking mechanism.

Keywords

Dimensional analysis / asphalt / fracture / fatigue cracking

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The first author would like to express her sincere gratitude to Rui Shu at Research Institute of Highway Ministry of Transport, China for sharing the four point bending test photo. The research performed in this paper was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41372320), “111” Project of Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (06500036).

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