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Shrinkage cracking of cement treated demolition waste as a road base
This paper presents the shrinkage cracking characteristics of cement treated demolition waste as a road base layer, which was produced by using recycled crushed concrete and masonry aggregates from constructi...
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Mortar fatigue model for meso-mechanistic mixture design of ravelling resistant porous asphalt concrete
This paper presents the development of a practical mortar fatigue model on the basis of the dissipated energy concept. A specially designed test setup was developed for characterization of mortar fatigue at me...
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Open AccessInvestigation of self healing behaviour of asphalt mixes using beam on elastic foundation setup
Self healing of asphalt mixes is known for more than four decades. However, it is a complex phenomenon which depends on the duration of the rest period, temperature, crack size, etc. In order to quantify the s...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Cracking Resistance of Recycled Asphalt Mixtures in Relation to Blending of RA and Virgin Binder
The degree of blending between the reclaimed asphalt (RA) binder and the virgin bitumen during the asphalt recycling mixing process is presumed to greatly influence the performance properties of recycled aspha...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fatigue Cracking of Gravel Asphalt Concrete: Cumulative Damage Determination
The aim of this paper is to analyse the fatigue performance of two accelerated pavement test sections. Gravel Asphalt Concrete (GAC) has been used as asphalt mixture for these sections. In order to be able to ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effect of Specimen Size on Fatigue Behavior of Asphalt Mixture in Laboratory Fatigue Tests
Laboratory fatigue testing has been extensively used to estimate the resistance to fatigue cracking of asphalt mixtures. Researchers developed a number of test methods to estimate the fatigue behavior of an as...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Characterizing the Effects of Geosynthetics in Asphalt Pavements
Retarding reflective cracking in asphalt overlays is a serious and inevitable challenge to asphalt pavement engineers. Anti-reflective cracking systems using geosynthetic interlayers are believed to be a solut...
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Open AccessMixture optimization of cement treated demolition waste with recycled masonry and concrete
Due to environmental reasons and the shortage of natural resources, it is greatly valuable to recycle construction and demolition waste (CDW) as much as possible. One of effective ways to reuse more CDW is to ...
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Open AccessCharacteristics of two-component epoxy modified bitumen
Coal tar bearing emulsions were used in the Netherlands as binder in anti-skid surfaces for runways because of their perfect adhesion and fuel resistance properties. They are however toxic and will not be allo...
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Estimation of the fatigue endurance limit of HMAC for perpetual pavements
A simplified procedure was described to estimate the FEL of three kinds of hot-mix asphalt concrete (HMAC) without doing any fatigue tests. The procedure required two fundamental properties of HMAC, tensile st...
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Cement treated recycled demolition waste as a road base material
To enhance the performance of mix granulate road base courses by cement treatment. The mechanical properties of cement treated mix granulate (CTMG) were studied, which was designed with 65% crushed masonry and...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Asphalt Mechanics, a Key Tool for Improved Pavement Performance Predictions
Pavement design has relied for a very long time on simplified mechanistic methods and experience. The need for long life maintenance structures, the use of new, costly, materials with enhanced characteristics,...
