FRACTURE OF PAVEMENT MATERIALS

THE BASIS OF THE FRACTURE MECHANICS APPROACH TO THE STRENGTH OF MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS OF THIS APPROACH TO CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS ARE SUMMARIZED AND IT IS SHOWN THAT THERE GENERALLY APPEARS TO BE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EFFECTIVE FRACTURE SURFACE ENERGY AND STRAIN AT FAILURE FOR ASPHALTIC AND CEMENTED MATERIALS. SOME APPLICATIONS OF THE FRACTURE MECHANICS APPROACH TO PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE TENSILE FAILURE OF PAVEMENT MATERIALS ARE SUGGESTED. SUGGESTED THEORIES APPEAR TO GIVE REASONABLE PREDICTIONS WHEN APPLIED TO PRACTICAL SITUATIONS. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • PROC PAPER 10139
• Authors:
  • BLIGHT, G E
• Publication Date: 1973-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 801-19
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 99
  • Issue Number: te4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt; Cement; Failure; Forecasting; Fracture mechanics; Pavement cracking; Strength of materials; Tensile properties
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207606
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 20 1974 12:00AM