Cracking properties of warm mix asphalts containing reclaimed asphalt pavement and recycling agents under different loading modes

AA Yousefi, S Sobhi, MRM Aliha… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper aims to evaluate the influence of two recycling agents (RAs) on the cracking
behavior of warm mix asphalt (WMA) containing up to 50% reclaimed asphalt pavement …

Determining fracture energy in asphalt mixture: A review

HR Radeef, NA Hassan, ARZ Abidin… - … series: earth and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the most common pavement distresses is related to surface cracking. Therefore,
identifying and characterizing fracture properties of asphalt mixtures are significant towards …

[HTML][HTML] A novel test specimen for investigating the mixed mode I+ III fracture toughness of hot mix asphalt composites–Experimental and theoretical study

MRM Aliha, A Bahmani, S Akhondi - International Journal of Solids and …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Effect of support friction on pure mode I, II, and III fracture toughness of cement concrete tested with edge-notched disc bend specimen

M Bakhshizadeh, S Pirmohammad, HR Karimi… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effect of friction on the interactions between the supports and test specimen
is investigated in the fracture tests under pure mode I, pure mode II, and pure mode III …

Influence of specimen geometry on mode I fracture toughness of asphalt concrete

S Fuan, M Ke, L Kanghe, L Kun, MRM Aliha - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Determination of fracture toughness (K Ic) for the asphalt mixture concrete requires
employment of suitable testing methods and specimens. Disc-shape specimens are among …

Study of characteristic specification on mixed mode fracture toughness of asphalt mixtures

MRM Aliha, H Behbahani, H Fazaeli… - Construction and Building …, 2014 - Elsevier
Low temperature cracking is one of the main deterioration and failure modes for pavements.
Hence, in this paper the effect of asphalt characteristic on its mixed mode I/II low temperature …

Study of the inter-diffusion characteristics and cracking resistance of virgin-aged asphalt binders using molecular dynamics simulation

B Cui, H Wang, X Gu, D Hu - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
To investigate the inter-diffusion characteristics and cracking resistance of blended asphalt
binders, the virgin-aged asphalt models were developed through the molecular dynamics …

Comparison of testing method effects on cracking resistance of asphalt concrete mixtures

D Yang, HR Karimi, MRM Aliha - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

New machine learning-based prediction models for fracture energy of asphalt mixtures

H Majidifard, B Jahangiri, WG Buttlar, AH Alavi - Measurement, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents innovative machine learning methods called gene expression
programming (GEP) and hybrid artificial neural network/simulated annealing (ANN/SA) to …

Mixed mode tensile–In plane shear fracture energy determination for hot mix asphalt mixtures under intermediate temperature conditions

M Fakhri, EH Kharrazi, MRM Aliha - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2018 - Elsevier
One of the major issues of hot mix asphalt (HMA) concretes in moderate service
temperatures is cracking, which may result in asphalt failure. Although several studies …