Study of permanent deformation mechanism in asphalt mixes in relation to microcrack growth /

accumulation due to the growth of

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bhairampally, Rajesh Kumar, 1976-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1998.
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Description
Summary:accumulation due to the growth of
accumulation in the process of damaging the sample.
amount of permanent strain in the process of repeated
besides the plastic strain accumulation. Lytton
by Leseur and Little (1997), to calculate linear
defined for asphalts used in this study in order to
deformation test results and presents the experimental
developed a model to account for the permanent strain
equations for dissipated pseudo strain energy are
evidence of factors other than plastic strain
evidence of other factors that are accelerating the
further research to specifically confirm the presence
hypothesized that pavements accumulate additional
indicate that once those threshold values are exceeded
laborious process of calculating linear viscoelastic
linear
loadings due to microcrack growth up to 25 OC and due
Lytton's model and the new method of calculating
microdamage after 25 []. This thesis uses Lytton's
microdamage. This thesis uses a new technic, developed
micrographs or some other form of microdamage. He also
model to analyze repetitive axial load permanent
of micrographs. Threshold values for the parameters of
of permanent deformation or rutting in pavements
one may expect additional damage to the pavements due
permanent deformation accumulation and recommends for
Recent developments by Lytton et al. (1998) indicate phics.
repeated loading is also a cause for the accumulation
step by step process of analysis is also presented in
stress by Schapery's process. The theory behind
that the growth of micrographs in asphalt layers under
This process greatly simplifies the conventional
This thesis presents the graphical representation of
this thesis.
to the combined effect of microgramming and
to the growth of micrographs or some other form of
viscoelastic stress are extensively discussed, and
viscoelastic stress with the help of Fourier series.
Item Description:"Major subject: Civil Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:xi, 90 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-68).