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Unified Construction of Dynamic Rheological Master Curve of Asphalts and Asphalt Mixtures

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To completely investigate the physical properties of asphalt pavement materials, their viscoelastic master curves are generated using the least squares Levenberg–Marquardt (L–M) method based on the time temperature superposition principle. In this study, the limitation of obtaining the viscoelastic master curves of the four asphalts and their asphalt mixtures considered herein using Williams–Landel–Ferry (WLF) and Arrhenius equations is analyzed. Next, that the asphalts and asphalt mixtures belong to the category of simple thermo-rheological materials is verified by conducting through the dynamic frequency sweep test. It is found that the master curves of these asphalt pavement materials generated by the least squares L–M method are in good agreement with those obtained by applying the WLF equation at moderate and high temperature. The results show that the least squares L–M method is superior to the other methods examined herein for deriving the master curves of asphalt pavement materials within the operating temperature range. Additionally, it is a reasonable and effective way to generate a master curve and provides a theoretical reference for the comprehensive study of asphalt pavement materials.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project no. 51508109). We thank Dr. He Liu for his revision during the preparation of this paper. The authors thank all those who contributed in the experimental part of this study and their help for the preparation of this paper.

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  1. School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, NO. 100 Waihuan West Road Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Yingmei Yin & Jianbing Lv

  2. School of Civil Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Wenke Huang

  3. School of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China

    Xiang Ma

  4. Division of Pavement and Materials, Jiangsu Transportation Institute, Nanjing, 210012, China

    Jinhai Yan

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Yin, Y., Huang, W., Lv, J. et al. Unified Construction of Dynamic Rheological Master Curve of Asphalts and Asphalt Mixtures. Int J Civ Eng 16, 1057–1067 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40999-017-0256-x

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