A unified method for the analysis of controlled-strain and controlled-stress fatigue testing

E Masad, VTF Castelo Branco, DN Little… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Fatigue cracking is one of the primary distresses in asphalt pavements. This study presents
a method to characterize fatigue resistance of the fine portion of the asphalt mixture using …

Evaluation of the effect of nano-TiO2 on the adhesion between aggregate and asphalt binder in hot mix asphalt

A Azarhoosh, F Moghaddas Nejad… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
One of the basic parameters upon which the occurrence of distress in hot mix asphalt
depends is the amount of adhesion at the contact surface between asphalt binder and …

The influence of cohesion and adhesion parameters on the fatigue life of hot mix asphalt

AR Azarhoosh, F Moghadas Nejad… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
abstract Fatigue cracking is one of the major distresses of hot mix asphalt (HMA) at
moderate temperatures. Two of the main properties of asphalt mixtures affecting fatigue are …

Retarding aging of asphalt binders using antioxidant additives and copolymers

E Kassem, MS Khan, S Katukuri, O Sirin… - … Journal of Pavement …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The rheological properties of asphalt binders change with aging. Aging is accelerated at
elevated temperatures due to binder oxidation, leading to fatigue cracking and eventually …

Fatigue analysis of asphalt mixtures independent of mode of loading

VTF Castelo Branco, E Masad… - Transportation …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Fatigue cracking is a common form of distress in asphalt pavements. During the last four
decades, significant research has been conducted to characterize fatigue damage in asphalt …

Nanomaterial and fatigue cracking of hot mix asphalt

AR Azarhoosh, FM Nejad, A Khodaii - Road Materials and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Fatigue cracking is the main form of structural damage in flexible pavements. One of the
convenient approaches for decreasing this type of distress in hot mix asphalt (HMA) is use of …

Using the surface free energy method to evaluate the effects of nanomaterial on the fatigue life of hot mix asphalt

AR Azarhoosh, F Moghadas Nejad… - Journal of Materials in …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Fatigue cracking is the main form of structural damage in hot mix asphalt (HMA) at moderate
temperatures. The one of ways to reduce this type of distress is use of nanomaterials as …

Experimental measurement of water diffusion through fine aggregate mixtures

KL Vasconcelos, A Bhasin, DN Little… - Journal of Materials in …, 2011 - ascelibrary.org
The water diffusion attributable to concentration gradients is among the main mechanisms of
water transport into the asphalt mixture. The transport of small molecules through polymeric …

Determination of the binder content of fine aggregate matrices prepared with modified binders

AKY Ng, AC Vale, AC Gigante… - Journal of Materials in …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
The first purpose of this paper was to check the applicability of some design methods of fine
aggregate matrices (FAM) to modified asphalt binders. Because of shortcomings observed …

Characterization of linear viscoelastic, nonlinear viscoelastic and damage stages of asphalt mixtures

R Luo, H Liu, Y Zhang - Construction and Building Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
It has been demonstrated that asphalt mixtures experienced linear viscoelastic stage,
nonlinear viscoelastic stage and damage stage when subjected to controlled-strain …