Investigation of the Accuracy of Fracture Energy in Evaluating the Low-Temperature Cracking Performance of Asphalt Mixture
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 34, Issue 9
Abstract
To study the reason why the evaluation result of fracture energy is sometimes inconsistent with in situ cracking, the accuracy of fracture energy in evaluating low-temperature cracking resistance of asphalt mixture was investigated. Firstly, the composition of fracture energy in the thermal stress restrained specimen test (TSRST), semicircular bending test (SCB), disk-shaped compact tension test (DCT), indirect tensile test (IDT), and three-point bending beam test (3PBB) was analyzed and the accuracy of fracture energy was discussed. Then, based on the defect of fracture energy, the evaluation index and test method in evaluating the low-temperature cracking resistance of asphalt mixture were proposed. Finally, some test results were used to verify the rationality of the proposed evaluation index. The results show that the fracture energy determined from TSRST, SCB, DCT, 3PBB, and IDT may be inaccurate to evaluate the low-temperature cracking resistance of asphalt mixture, as the fracture energy in these test methods is mainly the surface energy. If fracture energy was used to evaluate the low-temperature cracking resistance of asphalt mixture, it may choose a mixture with high modulus, poor relaxation performance, or fabricated by high surface energy materials. The dissipative energy caused by the stress relaxation should not be ignored when using energy as the evaluation index. The viscous dissipative energy obtained from DCT, SCB, or IDT at two different test temperatures was recommended to evaluate the low-temperature cracking resistance.
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Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful for financial support from the Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (KYCX18_0142), the Transportation Science and Technology Project of Jilin Province (No. 8521008388), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52078132). The contents of this paper only reflect the views of the authors and do not reflect the official views or policies of the sponsors.
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Received: Aug 8, 2021
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Published online: Jun 17, 2022
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