Characterization of linear viscoelastic, nonlinear viscoelastic and damage stages of asphalt mixtures

Abstract

It has been demonstrated that asphalt mixtures experienced linear viscoelastic stage, nonlinear viscoelastic stage and damage stage when subjected to controlled-strain repeated direct-tension (RDT) tests with increasing strain levels. However, the linear viscoelastic properties of asphalt mixtures are usually muddled up with their nonlinear viscoelastic properties. These confusions directly lead to the incorrect determination of the pseudostrains and dissipated pseudostrain energies (DPSEs) in the nonlinear viscoelastic stage and damage stage. This study investigated the material properties of fine aggregate mixture (FAM) specimens in all three stages. These three stages were differentiated and characterized in terms of the viscoelastic stress, pseudostrain and DPSE. The definitions of viscoelastic stress, reference modulus and pseudostrain were rigorously established to assure that the material properties in the linear viscoelastic stage were the reference properties and that the sole linear viscoelastic effect was eliminated when determining the pseudostrain and DPSE in the three stages. The characteristics of the DPSE in the three stages were found to be: (1) the DPSE of any loading cycle was zero in the linear viscoelastic stage; (2) in the nonlinear viscoelastic stage, the DPSE of each loading cycle remained approximately the same with the growth of the number of loading cycles, and the DPSE increased to a larger value when the strain level of the RDT test increased to a higher level; (3) in the damage stage, the DPSE of the loading cycle increased as the number of loading cycles increased. This study strictly distinguished the linear viscoelasticity from the nonlinear viscoelasticity of the asphalt mixtures, which is critical for the accurate determination of the DPSE spent in overcoming the nonlinear viscoelasticity and in developing damages, such as cracking and permanent deformation, in the asphalt mixtures.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.08.039
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Materials Research (AIMR)
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Logistics and Systems Institute
Additional Information: © 2016, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Uncontrolled Keywords: asphalt mixture,dissipated pseudostrain energy,linear viscoelasticity,nonlinear viscoelasticity,pseudostrain,viscoelastic stress,Civil and Structural Engineering,Building and Construction,Materials Science(all)
Publication ISSN: 0950-0618
Last Modified: 21 Mar 2024 08:12
Date Deposited: 19 Aug 2019 10:14
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2016-10-30
Published Online Date: 2016-08-13
Accepted Date: 2016-08-10
Submitted Date: 2016-02-10
Authors: Luo, Rong
Liu, Hanqi
Zhang, Yuqing (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-5825-0131)

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