Disk-shaped compact tension test for asphalt concrete fracture |
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Authors: | M P Wagnoner W G Buttlar G H Paulino |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbanra-Champaign, 205 North Mathews Avenue, 61801 Urbana, IL, USA |
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Abstract: | A disk-shaped compact tension (DC(T)) test has been developed as a practical method for obtaining the fracture energy of asphalt
concrete. The main purpose of the development of this specimen geometry is the ability to test cylindrical cores obtained
from in-place asphalt concrete pavements or gyratory-compacted specimens fabricated during the mixture design process. A suitable
specimen geometry was developed using the ASTM E399 standard for compact tension testing of metals as a starting point. After
finalizing the specimen geometry, a typical asphalt concrete surface mixture was tested at various temperatures and loading
rates to evaluate the proposed DC(T) configuration. The variability of the fracture energy obtained from the DC(T) geometry
was found to be comparable with the variability associated with other fracture tests for asphalt concrete. The ability of
the test to detect changes in the fracture energy with the various testing conditions (temperature and loading rate) was the
benchmark for determining the potential of using the DC(T) geometry. The test has the capability to capture the transition
of asphalt concrete from a brittle material at low temperatures to a more ductile material at higher temperatures. Because
testing was conducted on ungrooved specimens, special care was taken to quantify deviations of the crack path from the pure
mode I crack path. An analysis of variance of test data revealed that the prototype DC(T) can detect statistical differences
in fracture energy resulting for tests conducted across a useful range of test temperatures and loading rates. This specific
analysis also indicated that fracture energy is not correlated to crack deviation angle. This paper also provides an overview
of ongoing work integrating experimental results and observations with numerical analysis by means of a cohesive zone model
tailored for asphalt concrete fracture behavior. |
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Keywords: | Asphalt concrete fracture energy diskshaped compact tension crack deviation cohesive zone model |
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