Reflective cracking, the phenomenon by which cracks propagate through the overlay from
existing damaged pavement, is a major cracking distress for asphalt pavements. Over time …

The base layer constructed by cement-stabilized macadam (CSM) has been widely used in
highway construction due to its low elasticity deformation and high carrying capacity. As a …

Fatigue cracking in asphalt concrete (AC) is one of the major distresses that cause
premature failure of flexible pavements. Fatigue tests are often lengthy, cumbersome, and …

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 …

Fatigue failure of the cement-treated base (CTB) is always paid more attention by highway
constructors. Meso-scale cracking evolution plays an essential role in the research of fatigue …

Reflective cracking is a major distress for asphalt pavement overlays. To model asphalt
mixture reflective cracking performance, various models and tests have been developed in …

Abstract The fracture of Cement Treated Base (CTB) is greatly influenced by its mesoscale
structure and characteristics. The Discrete Element Method (DEM) was adopted to build a …

Complicated fracture modes of fully-graded concrete are investigated at mesoscale with the
proposed numerical method in this study. A generation method for two kinds of meso …

Mechanical behaviour and fatigue failure characteristic of asphalt mixtures is complex under
cyclic loading conditions and require better recognition due to the importance of these …

It is well-known that asphalt concrete has three unit response functions (URFs): complex
modulus, relaxation modulus, and creep compliance. The interconversions among these …