Numerical simulation of asphalt mixtures fracture using continuum models
Abstract
The paper considers numerical models of fracture processes of semi-circular asphalt mixture specimens subjected to three-point bending. Parameter calibration of the asphalt mixture constitutive models requires advanced, complex experimental test procedures. The highly non-homogeneous material is numerically modelled by a quasi-continuum model. The computational parameters are averaged data of the components, i.e. asphalt, aggregate and the air voids composing the material. The model directly captures random nature of material parameters and aggregate distribution in specimens. Initial results of the analysis are presented here.
- Publication:
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American Institute of Physics Conference Series
- Pub Date:
- January 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.5019142
- Bibcode:
- 2018AIPC.1922m0012S