Abstract: Investigators over the past 16 years have considered the nature of surface structuring, referred to as bee structures, in bituminous asphalt, commonly identified by atomic force microscopy. Recently it has been suggested ...

Abstract: The self-healing mechanism of asphalt has always been a challenging issue for pavement engineers; up to now there is no general agreement on the fundamental mechanism. In this paper, combined with atomic force microscopy ...

Abstract: Cracking failure in asphalt binder in winter has always been one of the most serious problems in pavement structures. Classical fracture mechanics is the most widely used method to analyze the initiation and propagation ...

Abstract: Viscoelastic materials exhibit rate- and temperature-dependant behavior in terms of stress-strain response and fracture. As a representative of this class of materials, rate-dependant fracture should be expected for the ...