Reflection Crack Analysis of Asphalt Overlay on Cement Concrete Pavement Based on XFEM | Zendy

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Reflection Crack Analysis of Asphalt Overlay on Cement Concrete Pavement Based on XFEM

Author(s) -

Li Qiang,

Zhixiang Chen,

Shaohui Luo

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

advances in civil engineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.379

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 1687-8094

pISSN - 1687-8086

DOI - 10.1155/2021/1230447

Subject(s) - overlay , cement , reflection (computer programming) , asphalt concrete , geotechnical engineering , materials science , asphalt pavement , structural engineering , asphalt , geology , forensic engineering , engineering , composite material , computer science , programming language

Based on the improved Paris formula, the reflection cracking characteristics of asphalt overlay on the cement concrete pavement are carefully scrutinized. The fatigue life is also predicted through the indoor simulation tests and establishing the two- and three-dimensional extended finite-element method (XFEM) models. Four fracture factors of the Paris formula in the asphalt mixture are appropriately calculated by fitting the N-a curve of the indoor test, and their predicted values are then exploited in the numerical simulations. The obtained results show that the numerical model can successfully predict the results of the indoor simulation test. It indicates that the XFEM has apparent advantages in examining the reflection cracking of the asphalt overlay on the cement concrete pavement.

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