Abstract: Excessive natural sand contents can increase the susceptibility of asphalt concrete to permanent deformation-type distresses. For this reason, pavement construction specifications usually include a limit for the proportion ...

Abstract: Nonuniformity within specimens of granular materials is considered to be one of the major reasons for the dependence of the observed static/dynamic response during laboratory testing on the method of preparation. In this ...

Abstract: A newly developed digital image-analysis method was used to characterize the morphological characteristics of coarse aggregates. Regression analyses found that the imaging morphological characteristics of coarse aggregates ...