Study on Internal Stress of Asphalt Mixture Under Three-Point Bending Mode

doi:10.12141/j.issn.1000-565X.240102

Abstract

Abstract:

The bending and tensile properties of asphalt mixture affect the service quality and life of asphalt pavement, and its internal stress determines the bending and tensile performance. In order to investigate the internal stress characteristics of asphalt mixtures, this paper adopted the discrete element method to quantitatively evaluate the force chains of each component in asphalt mixtures under the three-point bending mode. Firstly, it constructed a template library of coarse aggregates based on image recognition and realized efficient three-dimensional modeling of asphalt mixture specimen and proposed a three-point bending simulation method. Then the internal force chain distribution of asphalt mixture was visually represented, and data of force chains of each component were extracted. The force chain characteristics were analyzed from the three aspects of composition, strength, and angle. The results show that under the three-point bending mode, the internal force chain field of asphalt mixture exhibits tension and compression zones, and the extrusion of aggregates only takes effect in the compressed zone. 70.8% of the internal contact force of SMA 13 asphalt mixture is provided by the asphalt mortar, and that of AC13 asphalt mixture is 83.2%, indicating that coarse aggregates have little effect under bending and tensile stress and asphalt mortar plays a major role in resisting external loads. The proportion of force chains decrease as the strength increased, and the proportion of strong force chains in the interior of the mortar and the mortar-aggregate interface position is basically the same. The stress between coarse aggregates is uneven, and the mortar plays a significant role in ensuring uniform stress within the asphalt mixture. The strength of horizontal force chains at the aggregate-mortar interface is slightly higher than that in the vertical direction, and the strength of aggregate force chains fluctuates greatly with the change of angle. Asphalt mortar bears the main load during bending and tensile force of asphalt mixture and the research findings can serve as a reference for the structural design and performance evaluation of asphalt mixtures.

Key words: road engineering, asphalt mixture, three-point bendin, discrete element method, characteristics of force chain

CLC Number:

U414

WANG Wei, TAN Yiqiu, XU Yongjiang. Study on Internal Stress of Asphalt Mixture Under Three-Point Bending Mode[J]. Journal of South China University of Technology(Natural Science Edition), 2024, 52(10): 101-111.

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Ratio	粗集料Clump模板
Ratio	Distance=60	Distance=90	Distance=120	Distance=150
0.5
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沥青混合料级配	不同粒径下粗集料的体积占比/%
沥青混合料级配	13.20~ 16.00 mm	9.50~ 13.20 mm	4.75~ 9.50 mm	2.36~ 4.75 mm
AC13	4.2	15.6	19.8	13.5
SMA13	4.0	26.3	28.7	5.3

沥青混合料级配	接触刚度/ （10⁵ N·m^-1）		F_s /N	F_n/N	泊松比	摩擦系数	阻尼比
沥青混合料级配	法向	切向	F_s /N	F_n/N	泊松比	摩擦系数	阻尼比
AC13	6.798 4	2.039 5	33.14	30.26	0.3	0.5	0.7
SMA13	5.629 7	1.688 9	45.72	41.44	0.3	0.5	0.7

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