Browsing by Subject "Cracking"
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(2012-10-08)Rutting is one of the major distresses in asphalt pavements and it increases road roughness and traps water, which leads to wet-weather accidents due to the loss of tire-pavement friction and hydroplaning. The fundamental ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)A new approach to the characterization of pavement mixtures' toughness based on the J integral concept was developed. The fracture mechanics approach was used to compare fatigue and fracture characteristics of new plasticized ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Hot-mix asphalt concrete (HMAC) mixture fatigue characterization constitutes a fundamental component of HMAC pavement structural design and analysis to ensure adequate field fatigue performance. HMAC is a heterogeneous ...
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(2019-11-11)High dose rate electron beam (10 MeV, 15 kW, LINAC) irradiation was investigated as a potential technology for heavy oil upgrading. The flow system allows irradiation of crude oils at constant temperature while bubbling ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)The purpose of this study is to present a computer program, named FEPASS, to predict the performance of asphaltic concrete pavements. Methods have been developed that predict the rutting, the fatigue cracking, and the slope ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)A work potential based analysis was used to model damage related material nonlinearities in graphite-epoxy laminates. Two work potentials were incorporated. One potential was related to sub-ply damage, such as shear banding ...
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(2014-04-11)Understanding the early age behavior of concrete is an important issue in construction of concrete structures since different factors during construction, such as design consideration, material usage, and environmental ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)The structural analysis and the selection of the performance models are the two most important steps in pavement performance analysis and they significantly affect the prediction of pavement distress. The nonlinear elasticity ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)A cumulative damage model for predicting the stiffness loss in crossply graphite/epoxy laminates is obtained by applying a thermomechanical constitutive theory for elastic composites with distributed damage. The model ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)Concepts of elastic fracture mechanics are applied to an airfield pavement material. The material used to conduct the experimental work is a portland cement stabilized fine grained soil. Two primary areas of interest and ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)Transverse cracking is a form of environmental deterioration that accounts for the expenditure of some twenty million dollars a year in maintenance in west Texas alone. This form of deterioration has not been predictable ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)During the bending of flange plate used for dapped girders some highway bridge fabricators are experiencing cracking of the flange plate particularly when heat is used in assisting the bending process. Due to the extreme ...