Fatigue life of hot mix asphalt mixtures

Fatigue cracking is one of the major types of distress in asphalt concrete pavements. Under the action of repeated vehicular loading, the asphalt concrete deteriorates and eventually results in fatigue cracking. This study investigated the effect of temperature, aggregate gradation, nominal maximum...

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spelling my-utm-ep.249772020-03-03T08:42:07Z Fatigue life of hot mix asphalt mixtures 2011 Abdulridha, Ammar Ali TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Fatigue cracking is one of the major types of distress in asphalt concrete pavements. Under the action of repeated vehicular loading, the asphalt concrete deteriorates and eventually results in fatigue cracking. This study investigated the effect of temperature, aggregate gradation, nominal maximum aggregate size, and asphalt types on fatigue life of hot mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures. Six mixtures were selected namely asphaltic concrete with nominal maximum aggregate size of 10 mm (AC10), and 14 mm (AC14), polymer modified asphalt concrete 10 mm (PMA10), and 14 mm (PMA14), and stone mastic asphalt 14 mm (SMA14), and 20 mm (SMA20). Specimens were prepared at optimum asphalt content using the Marshall Mix design procedure. Indirect tensile test for resilient modulus was performed according to ASTM D 4123. Fatigue test was also conducted to determine the performance of the mixtures. The specimens were prepared using 80/100 penetration asphalt for AC10 and AC14, and using PG76 asphalt for PMA10, PMA14, SMA14, and SMA20. Fatigue tests with constant stress were performed using Universal Testing Machine at 25° C and 40° C at a load of 1000 N. The results showed that fatigue life of asphalt mixture was lower at 40° C than that at 25° C. It was also observed that the mixtures with smallest nominal maximum aggregate size had higher fatigue life. The PMAs developed greater fatigue performance than SMAs and ACs, due to aggregate gradation and asphalt type. 2011 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/24977/ masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic TA Engineering (General)
Civil engineering (General)
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Civil engineering (General)
Abdulridha, Ammar Ali
Fatigue life of hot mix asphalt mixtures
description Fatigue cracking is one of the major types of distress in asphalt concrete pavements. Under the action of repeated vehicular loading, the asphalt concrete deteriorates and eventually results in fatigue cracking. This study investigated the effect of temperature, aggregate gradation, nominal maximum aggregate size, and asphalt types on fatigue life of hot mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures. Six mixtures were selected namely asphaltic concrete with nominal maximum aggregate size of 10 mm (AC10), and 14 mm (AC14), polymer modified asphalt concrete 10 mm (PMA10), and 14 mm (PMA14), and stone mastic asphalt 14 mm (SMA14), and 20 mm (SMA20). Specimens were prepared at optimum asphalt content using the Marshall Mix design procedure. Indirect tensile test for resilient modulus was performed according to ASTM D 4123. Fatigue test was also conducted to determine the performance of the mixtures. The specimens were prepared using 80/100 penetration asphalt for AC10 and AC14, and using PG76 asphalt for PMA10, PMA14, SMA14, and SMA20. Fatigue tests with constant stress were performed using Universal Testing Machine at 25° C and 40° C at a load of 1000 N. The results showed that fatigue life of asphalt mixture was lower at 40° C than that at 25° C. It was also observed that the mixtures with smallest nominal maximum aggregate size had higher fatigue life. The PMAs developed greater fatigue performance than SMAs and ACs, due to aggregate gradation and asphalt type.
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author Abdulridha, Ammar Ali
author_facet Abdulridha, Ammar Ali
author_sort Abdulridha, Ammar Ali
title Fatigue life of hot mix asphalt mixtures
title_short Fatigue life of hot mix asphalt mixtures
title_full Fatigue life of hot mix asphalt mixtures
title_fullStr Fatigue life of hot mix asphalt mixtures
title_full_unstemmed Fatigue life of hot mix asphalt mixtures
title_sort fatigue life of hot mix asphalt mixtures
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate 2011
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