Indices-Based Healing Quantification for Bituminous Materials
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 33, Issue 11
Abstract
In the present study, three-point bending tests are carried out using single-edge notched beam specimens of bitumen and mastic to quantify healing. Experiments are conducted at a controlled displacement rate of 1 mm per minute at . After the crack propagation, samples are given a rest period of 2 h at 10°C to promote healing before retesting them. Two different analysis approaches appealing to linear elastic fracture mechanics and viscoelastic fracture mechanics are compared. In order to perform analysis based on viscoelastic fracture mechanics, the elastic-viscoelastic correspondence principle is used. The amount of healing after the rest period is quantified using various healing indices based on the recovery of stiffness, peak load, fracture toughness, fracture energy, and J-integral. From the analysis performed on bitumen and mastic samples, the study illustrates that the quantum of healing is different when comparing different healing indices. While the stiffness-based healing index demonstrated the healing ability of bitumen, other healing indices used in the study confirmed the higher healing potential of mastic. The healing based on critical value of J-integral shows a distinct difference in the healing of bitumen and mastic. The study emphasizes that the quantification of healing capacity when using different healing indices should be closely linked to its measured conditions.
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Acknowledgments
The experiments presented in this study were carried out at the Road Engineering/Sealing Components Laboratory of EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology. The authors thank Dr. Moises Bueno for extending the facilities.
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Volume 33 • Issue 11 • November 2021
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Received: Dec 4, 2020
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Published online: Aug 17, 2021
Published in print: Nov 1, 2021
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