[HTML][HTML] A review of top-down cracking in asphalt pavements: Causes, models, experimental tools and future challenges

F Canestrari, LP Ingrassia - Journal of Traffic and Transportation …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the last decades, a new type of distress has been observed more and more frequently on
asphalt pavements. This distress, ascribable to fatigue failure, has been named top-down …

[HTML][HTML] State-of-the-art review on permanent deformation characterization of asphalt concrete pavements

R Joumblat, Z Al Basiouni Al Masri, G Al Khateeb… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rutting is one of the significant distresses in flexible pavements. Examining the methods to
decrease permanent deformation is of considerable importance to provide long service life …

Performance of warm asphalt mixtures containing reclaimed asphalt pavement, an anti-stripping agent, and recycling agents: A study using a balanced mix design …

AA Yousefi, HF Haghshenas, BS Underwood… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
This research aims to use a balanced mix design (BMD) approach to investigate the effect of
recycling agents (RAs) and an anti-stripping agent on the mechanical properties of warm …

Cracking resistance evaluation of epoxy asphalt mixtures with 100% reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP)

Y Fan, H Chen, X Yi, G Xu, X Cai, Y Zhou… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the recycling of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) providing great economic and
environmental benefits, conventional technologies exhibit poor cracking resistance and …

Pre-and post-cracking behavior of asphalt mixtures under modes I and III at low and intermediate temperatures

E Tabasi, M Zarei, Z Mobasheri, A Naseri… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
The pre-and post-cracking resistance of asphalt mixtures depends on factors such as the
coherence of the soft asphalt matrix (SAM) section, which should be considered. The SAM …

Pure mode I fracture resistance of hot mix asphalt (HMA) containing nano-SiO2 under freeze–thaw damage (FTD)

M Zarei, A Salehikalam, E Tabasi, A Naseri… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In cold climates, increased traffic load has increased the damage caused by low-
temperature cracks (LTCs) in asphalt mixes. Due to the viscoelastic behavior of asphalt …

Low and intermediate temperatures fracture behavior of amorphous poly alpha olefin (APAO)-modified hot mix asphalt subjected to constant and variable …

S Fatemi, M Zarei, SA Ziaee, R Shad… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Low-temperature cracks (LTC) and intermediate-temperature cracks (ITC) are two important
types of cracks in asphalt mixtures that cause damage to pavements and incur high …

Evaluation of long-term fracture behavior of hot mix asphalt modified with Nano reduced graphene oxide (RGO) under freeze–thaw damage and aging conditions

E Tabasi, M Zarei, H Alaei, M Tarafdar… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Asphalt mixtures suffer from different types of cracking such as low-temperature cracks
(LTCs) and intermediate-temperature cracks (ITCs). These two types of cracking may occur …

Evaluation of fracture behavior of Warm mix asphalt (WMA) modified with hospital waste pyrolysis carbon black (HWPCB) under freeze–thaw damage (FTD) at low …

M Zarei, MR Taghizadeh, SS Moayedi, A Naseri… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Asphalt pavement, as an important engineering structure under various conditions such as
freeze–thaw cycles and temperature fluctuations, suffers from failures such as low …

Blending efficiency of reclaimed asphalt rubber pavement mixture and its correlation with cracking resistance

D Li, Z Leng, S Zhang, J Jiang, H Yu, F Wellner… - Resources …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite significant number of studies on recycling of conventional reclaimed asphalt
pavement (RAP) mixtures into new asphalt mixture construction, research on recycling …