The traditional cohesive zone model (CZM) based on interfacial damage mechanics has
been widely used in quasi-brittle fracture simulation of asphalt mixture at low temperature …

Asphaltic concrete mixtures are among the most common construction materials for the
pavement of roads. As a multi-phase composite mixture with randomly distributed …

The interfacial behavior between bitumen and aggregate is not well understood so far since
it is sensitive to various factors including chemistry of the components, morphology of the …

To mitigate the risk of asphalt degradation of pavement surfaces and to increase the
durability, there is a need to investigate the fracture behaviour of asphalt mixtures at low and …

A part of the multilayer pavement structure containing top‐down crack in the hot mix asphalt
(HMA) layer and subjected to loading of a moving vehicle is simulated using the finite …

The asphalt overlay is a major maintenance strategy to improve the performance of cracked
pavement. However, the crack would propagate upwards and eventually reach to the limit of …

Although the cohesive zone model (CZM) provides numerous advancements in simulating
the crack initiation and evolution in asphalt mixes, its efficiency and applicability are still …

A fast three-dimensional (3D) Voronoi and voxel based mesostructure modeling method
was proposed for asphalt concrete. This method combine the advantages of the Voronoi …

Macro-scale fractures of asphalt mixture usually exhibit multiple failure mechanisms
including aggregate cracking, interfacial debonding between bitumen and aggregate, and …

This study aims to adopt the acoustic emission (AE) technique to evaluate the reinforcing
effect of basalt and steel fibers on the fracture resistance of asphalt concrete (AC) under …