Evaluating Fatigue-Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Binders in a Standardized Composite Using Continuum Damage Theory
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 25, Issue 9
Abstract
Several different modifiers are increasingly being used to improve the performance of asphalt binders (e.g., polymers) or to promote environmentally friendly technologies (e.g., warm-mix asphalt, ground tire rubber, and organic waste). In such cases, it is important to evaluate the inherent improvement in engineering properties and damage resistance of the asphalt binders while being subjected to a state of stress that is similar to full asphalt mixtures. The first part of the paper presents a review of the literature that investigates the state of stress of the asphalt binder in an asphalt mixture as well as the test methods that have been used to achieve this state of stress experimentally. The second part of the paper presents a test method by which the fatigue-cracking characteristics of four different asphalt binders with similar true temperature grades were evaluated. Composite test specimens were fabricated using asphalt binders and glass beads with a specified gradation. The viscoelastic and fatigue-cracking characteristics of the binders were measured using the glass bead-binder composite specimens in a dynamic shear rheometer at an intermediate temperature. Results were analyzed using viscoelastic continuum damage theory. Damage evolution in the glass bead-binder test specimens used in this study was qualitatively very similar to the damage evolution in full asphalt mixtures using the same binders.
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Acknowledgments
The authors recognize that support was provided by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program to the Southwest Region University Transportation Center which is funded, in part, with general revenue funds from the state of Texas. The authors would like to acknowledge the help of Mr. Tim Clyne from Minnesota DOT for his help with acquiring the binder samples, Mr. Jerry Peterson from Texas DOT for his helpful comments relevant to evaluating binder fatigue, and Mr. Fernando Aponte Rivera for his help during the development of this test method.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 25 • Issue 9 • September 2013
Pages: 1209 - 1219
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© 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Apr 8, 2012
Accepted: Aug 28, 2012
Published online: Aug 31, 2012
Discussion open until: Jan 31, 2013
Published in print: Sep 1, 2013
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