Investigation on Interlayer Behaviors of a Double-Layered Heterogeneous Asphalt Pavement Structure for Steel Bridge Deck
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 34, Issue 5
Abstract
The composite structure, made from epoxy asphalt concrete (EAC) with stone matrix asphalt (SMA) concrete on top, is a double-layered heterogeneous structure applied to steel bridge deck pavement (SBDP) in recent years. The interlayer bonding performance is key to the long-life application of . In this study, the objective is to investigate the interlayer bonding performance of composite structure to identify its best design and construction strategy. To achieve this goal, a series of pull-off tests and interlayer shear tests under different test conditions were performed on four commonly used composite structures. The effects of design parameters, the construction conditions, and the application environment of structure on its interlayer bonding performance were evaluated. The results showed that the composite structure with SMA13 (SMA mixture with the nominal maximum aggregate size of 13.2 mm) as the wearing layer material and epoxy resin–based bonding material possessed the best interlayer bonding performance among the four composite structures. It is suggested that the bonding layer and SMA layer should be constructed after the Marshall stability of the EAC layer reaches 15 kN, and the construction interface should be clean to achieve the best interlayer bonding performance for the composite structure. In addition, the mixed-mode cohesive zone model was developed to characterize the interlayer bonding behaviors in the mechanical analysis of composite structures, and the proposed numerical characterization method could be used to obtain more accurate mechanical results for the structure design compared with the traditional numerical characterization method under the interlayer continuous assumption.
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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.
Acknowledgments
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 52008102 and 51878167) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20200384).
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