Mode I Fracture Behaviors between Cement Concrete and Asphalt Concrete Layer

Effects of Recycled Concrete Aggregates on Properties of Asphalt Concrete

Simulation of the Mode I fracture of concrete beam with cohesive models

Crack propagation modeling in quasi-brittle materials such as concrete is essential for improving the reliability and load-bearing capacity assessment. Crack propagation explains many failure characteristics of concrete structures using the fracture mechanics approach. This approach could better explain the softening behavior of concrete structures. A great effort has been made in developing nu...

Measurement and characterization of mixed mode fracture in concrete

The Mixed Mode fracture behavior of concrete is measured and characterized by investigating a single crack in a double-notched specimen. To obtain the characterization a very stiff biaxial test set-up with a closed loop control is constructed. The opening and sliding components of the Mixed Mode displacement are measured using a specially designed orthogonal gauge, and the measurements are used...

Replacement of Cement in Concrete

Cement is a binding material, a substance that sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. In ancient civilization the binding materials were of traditional type such as jaggery, lead, jute, rice husk etc, now in modern civilization cement is main binding materials. The use of concrete containing high volume fly-ash has recently gained popularity as a resource efficie...

Characterisation of Asphalt Concrete Using Nanoindentation

In this study, nanoindentation was conducted to extract the load-displacement behaviour and the nanomechanical properties of asphalt concrete across the mastic, matrix, and aggregate phases. Further, the performance of hydrated lime as an additive was assessed across the three phases. The hydrated lime containing samples have greater resistance to deformation in the mastic and matrix phases, in...