Unified Strength Models of an Asphalt Mixture under Different Temperatures and Three-Dimensional Stresses
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 32, Issue 11
Abstract
The goal of this paper is to reveal the influence of temperatures on the triaxial strength of asphalt mixtures. The triaxial compression and triaxial tensile tests, as well as plane tensile and compression/axial tensile tests, which were developed by the self-developed triaxial test equipment to carry out the complex stress state under different temperatures (5°C, 10°C, 15°C, 20°C, and 25°C), were performed on the asphalt mixture. The ultimate failure strength of the material shows that the temperature and stress state significantly affect the triaxial strength characteristics of the asphalt mixture, and the three-dimensional strength decreases by the increase in temperature. Under the triaxial compression and triaxial tensile stress state, the resistance of the octahedral shear stress increases with the hydrostatic stress. A three-dimensional strength calculation model is established based on the influence of temperature and characterization by the tensile meridian, compression meridian, and failure strength envelope. It reveals the change of failure strength envelope with increasing temperatures and decreasing hydrostatic stress under complex stress state. It provides experimental and theoretical references to the design of asphalt pavement structure of different temperature conditions according to the three-dimensional stress state.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request:
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Partial strength data of asphalt mixtures at different temperatures.
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The process of moving the strength data from different stress states at the same temperature to the same hydrostatic stress.
Acknowledgments
This research was funded by the National Key Research & Development Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFB1600100), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51608055), Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (Gant No. 2019JJ40297), the Education Department of Hunan Province (Grant No. 18B143), Planned Science and Technology Project of Changsha City 2019 (Grant Nos. kq1901107, kq1901108, kq1901106), Science and Technology Progress and Innovation Project of Hunan Provincial Department of Transportation (Grant No. 201904), and Postgraduate Research and Innovation Project in Changsha University of Science and Technology (Grant No. CX2019SS02). The authors also appreciate the funding support from Beijing Key Laboratory of Traffic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology (Grant No. 2018BJUT-JTJD007), and Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport (Grant No. 40038003201805).
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Volume 32 • Issue 11 • November 2020
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Received: Jan 31, 2020
Accepted: Apr 27, 2020
Published online: Aug 24, 2020
Published in print: Nov 1, 2020
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