Crack Coalescence Morphology in Asphalt Mixtures under Compressive Loading
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 35, Issue 10
Abstract
Cracking coalescence is the linking process of multiple cracks; the ordinary differential and partial differential equations cannot be solved at the crack coalescence positions. To solve these shortcomings, the asphalt mixture ordinary state–based peridynamic (OSB-PD) numerical model was established to simulate the crack coalescence in AC-13, AC-20, and PAC-13 asphalt mixtures. The simulated crack trajectories expressed that the wing crack, the branched crack of splitting, and diagonal cracks can coalesce to develop into a connected crack network. The random distribution crack trajectories constituted nine crack coalescence categories. The fractal dimension (FD) of crack coalescence trajectories ranged from 1.58 to 1.81; it expresses the self-similarity of crack coalescence trajectories. The crack coalescence process included (1) the crack tips moving forward, (2) the crack tips contacting each other, and (3) the crack tips connecting together.
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All data, models, and code generated or used during the study appear in the published article.
Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge the financial support of the Key Research Project of Zhejiang Lab (No. 2021PE0AC02), the 973 Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2015CB060100), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University (No. 2020kfyXJJS123), and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2022M710540).
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Volume 35 • Issue 10 • October 2023
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Received: Sep 14, 2022
Accepted: Mar 21, 2023
Published online: Jul 31, 2023
Published in print: Oct 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Dec 31, 2023
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