The benefits of applying the crumb rubber modified binders have been widely recognized.
The improvements on low temperature properties of asphalt binders have been proven by …

In cold regions, asphalt concrete cracking caused by low temperature is known as the most
important type of damage to asphaltic surfaces pavements. In rainy areas, the cold may …

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 …

This work presents a repeatable semi circular bending (SCB) fracture test to evaluate the
low temperature fracture resistance of asphalt mixture. The fracture resistance of six asphalt …

A disk-shaped compact tension (DC (T)) test has been developed as a practical method for
obtaining the fracture energy of asphalt concrete. The main purpose of the development of …

Determination of fracture toughness (K Ic) for the asphalt mixture concrete requires
employment of suitable testing methods and specimens. Disc-shape specimens are among …

Cohesive zone (CZ) modelling has been receiving increasing attention from the asphaltic
materials and pavement mechanics community as a mechanistic approach to model crack …

As an inherent characteristic of materials, the fracture toughness is an important parameter
to study the cracking behavior of asphalt concrete mixtures. Although material compositions …

In this paper two circular shape test specimens are designed and examined for experimental
determination of mode I fracture toughness (K Ic) in different modified hot mix asphalt (HMA) …

In recent years the transportation materials research community has focused a great deal of
attention on the development of testing and analysis methods to shed light on fracture …