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Mode I Fracture Characterization of Bituminous Paving Mixtures at Intermediate Service Temperatures

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This study presents an integrated approach combining experimental tests and numerical modeling to characterize mode I fracture behavior of bituminous paving mixtures subjected to a wide range of loading rates at intermediate temperature conditions. A simple experimental protocol is developed using the semi-circular bending (SCB) test geometry. The local fracture behavior at the initial notch tip of the SCB specimens is monitored using high-speed cameras with a digital image correlation (DIC) system. The DIC results of the SCB fracture tests are then simulated using a finite element method that is incorporated with material viscoelasticity and cohesive zone fracture. Fracture properties are obtained locally at the notch tip by identifying two cohesive zone fracture parameters (cohesive strength and fracture energy) that result in a good agreement between test results and numerical simulations. The results clearly present significant rate-dependent fracture characteristics of bituminous paving mixtures at intermediate service temperatures. This study further demonstrates that fracture properties of viscoelastic materials need to be characterized at the local fracture process zone when they present ductile fracture behavior.

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The authors are grateful to the financial support from the Texas A&M Research Foundation, the Western Research Institute, and the Federal Highway Administration. We also thank the BM3 Laboratory in College of Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the DIC system used to complete this study.

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  2. Department of Civil Engineering, 224 Engineering Building, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 446-701, South Korea

    Y.-R. Kim

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Aragão, F.T.S., Kim, YR. Mode I Fracture Characterization of Bituminous Paving Mixtures at Intermediate Service Temperatures. Exp Mech 52, 1423–1434 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-012-9594-4

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