Three-Dimensional Linear Viscoelastic Properties of Two Bituminous Mixtures Made with the Same Binder
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 30, Issue 11
Abstract
Eiffage developed a high-performance bituminous mixture known as GB5. It is based on aggregate optimization method. This paper presents the results of a research project checking whether, in the small strain domain, this type of mixture behaves like the more conventional asphalt mixture GB3 currently used as a base layer in French bituminous pavements. Three-dimensional complex modulus tests are performed on GB5 and GB3, two hot mixtures asphalt (HMA) made with the same bitumen but produced with different aggregate skeletons. Tension-compression sinusoidal testing is applied to the specimens over a wide frequency and temperature range. Both axial and radial strains are monitored, thereby allowing the computation of the complex Young’s modulus and complex Poisson’s ratios. From the experimental results, the time–temperature superposition principle (TTSP) is verified for both complex Young’s modulus and complex Poisson’s ratios in two directions. The obtained shift factors and normalized complex modulus curves for the two mixtures indicate that the bitumen phase drives the viscoelastic behaviour of the asphalt mixture, regardless of the granular skeleton. The effect of air-void content on the static, glassy, and characteristic time values of modulus and Poisson’s ratios, which is obtained from simulation using a linear viscoelastic model with two springs, two parabolic elements, one dashpot, is analyzed. The anisotropic properties of the two mixtures and the reproducibility between the two laboratories is also checked.
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Volume 30 • Issue 11 • November 2018
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Received: Nov 24, 2017
Accepted: May 29, 2018
Published online: Sep 8, 2018
Published in print: Nov 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Feb 8, 2019
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