Fracture Mechanics of Asphalt Pavement Materials and Structures
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2024 | Viewed by 240
Special Issue Editor
Interests: pavement engineering; infrastructure materials; discrete element modelling
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Dear Colleagues,
The durability of asphalt pavements is critically affected by asphalt mixture cracking. The focus on cracking resistance has changed asphalt mixtures, as we have moved from the traditional Marshall Mix Design approach to the Superpave Mix Design method, and then to the increasingly popular Balanced Mix Design (BMD) approach, which is now considered an essential aspect of asphalt pavement design. Currently, the adoption of fracture mechanics theory is receiving considerable attention in the evaluation of the cracking resistance of asphalt mixtures. Although existing standards clearly define the methods for testing the fracture performance of asphalt mixtures and pavements at low and intermediate temperatures, there remains significant potential for development in the characterization of asphalt concrete's fracture behavior and for refining the testing methodologies that are based on fracture mechanics. The purpose of this Special Issue is thus to collect the latest research and achievements, and discuss progress in the improved fracture mechanics of asphalt pavement materials and structures, in order to provide guidance for the design of durable asphalt pavements.
Potential topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Mixture design and optimization, based on fracture mechanics;
- Fracture testing and the prediction of binder, mixture, and pavement performance using novel testing methods;
- The fracture performance of asphalt mixture and base materials containing RAP or other solid wastes;
- Multi-scale simulation of fractures.
Dr. Weimin Song
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- asphalt mixture
- pavement
- fracture mechanics
