Battered by weather and increasing traffic loads, asphalt concrete pavements are wearing
out much sooner than expected. This book equips the engineer with information and …

Asphalt concrete pavements containing top-down cracks can be subjected to combined
opening-out of plane sliding (ie mixed mode I/III) deformations due to traffic loads. However …

An asphalt pavement containing a transverse top-down crack is investigated under traffic
loading using 3D finite element analysis. The stress intensity factors (SIFs) and the T-stress …

Good fracture properties are an essential requirement for asphalt pavements built in the
northern part of the US and in Canada for which the predominant failure mode is cracking …

Low temperature cracking (LTC) distress on pavement seriously affects road life. This paper
finished a literature review of the research on the mechanism of LTC of asphalt composites …

Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) is stiffer than the virgin material due to aging, thus it is
expected to have worse cracking resistance. By adding bio-based rejuvenators, RAP binder …

The deterioration of physical and mechanical properties of bituminous materials that are
attributable to the aging of bitumen is one of the major causes of reduction in service life of …

Economic drivers, changing material streams, environmental regulations, and formulation
changes driven by the climate-based PG grading system itself have led to substantial …

Currently, no satisfactory asphalt binder test method exists that can relate properties
measured in the laboratory to fatigue performance in service. The loss modulus of the …

A styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) latex modifier can be used for asphalt modification due
to the fact of its energy-saving, construction convenience, and economic advantages. The …