Phenomenological Model for Monotonic and Cyclic Behavior of Pure Bitumen
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 17, Issue 2
Abstract
An extensive experimental study of the monotonic, recovery, and cyclic behavior of two bitumens commonly used for pavement construction in the U.K. was performed over a wide range of strain rates, stresses, and temperatures. The steady-state monotonic and cyclic behavior of the materials followed the modified Cross model with the bitumen exhibiting linear and nonlinear viscous behavior at low and high stresses, respectively. Continuous and pulse-loading cyclic tests revealed that the behavior of the bitumen is mean-stress governed in the continuous cyclic tests while strain recovery is important in the pulse-loading tests. A phenomenological model calibrated by a minimum of four tensile experiments is proposed and shown to capture the bitumen response accurately over all the loading histories (monotonic, continuous cyclic, and pulse loading) and temperatures investigated.
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Acknowledgments
Support from the Nottingham Asphalt Research Consortium (NARC) is gratefully acknowledged. The writers would also like to thank Shell Bitumen U.K. for supply of the materials studied.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 17 • Issue 2 • April 2005
Pages: 188 - 197
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© 2005 ASCE.
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Received: May 14, 2003
Accepted: Jun 15, 2004
Published online: Apr 1, 2005
Published in print: Apr 2005
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Note. Associate Editor: Louay N. Mohammad
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