Asphalt toughness effect on bituminous mixture fatigue behavior

One of the most important parameters to define bituminous mixture behavior in service is the toughness that the bitumen provides when binding the aggregate particles; that is; the dissipated energy during the materials fracture process. The greater the dissipated energy in fracture, the better the b...

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Autores: Noguera, Alfredo H., Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo|||0000-0003-2843-6626
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:español
inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/107615
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/107615
https://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-50732011000200006
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Asphalt--Fatigue
Aggregates
Bitumen
Bituminous mixture
Fatigue
Tenacity
Asfalt -- Proves
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Infraestructures i modelització dels transports::Transport per carretera
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Sumario:One of the most important parameters to define bituminous mixture behavior in service is the toughness that the bitumen provides when binding the aggregate particles; that is; the dissipated energy during the materials fracture process. The greater the dissipated energy in fracture, the better the bituminous mixture quality is. Hence, a relationship will have to exist if the toughness is removed during one load cycle (direct tension) or during many cycles along time (fatigue). The purpose of this study is to determinate relationships between the toughness of different bitumens and the fatigue behavior of their corresponding bituminous mixtures, for which, the toughness has been obtained by means of direct tension test and has been compared with the value of the fatigue law and dissipated energy obtained by fatigue bending test. Results showed that, this study expect to give important means for further research to predict fatigue life from a static test.