Journal
CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Volume 320, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.126322
Keywords
Virtual design; Microstructural modeling; Aggregate contact; Coordination number; X-ray Computed Tomography (CT)
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51978228, 51508147, 52078049]
- German Research Foundation [OE 514/15-1 (459436571)]
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This study presents an approach to simulate the internal structure of asphalt mixtures by constructing virtual cylindrical samples with customized aggregate contacts. The results show that the proposed approach effectively controls the aggregate contact in asphalt mixtures and the virtual samples exhibit similar aggregate contact properties as realistic samples. The correlation between contact properties and deformation resistance is also demonstrated through displacement-controlled testing.
The geometric and distributional characteristic of aggregate contacts in an asphalt mixture significantly affect its load-bearing capacity. An approach to the virtual construction of cylindrical samples with customized aggregate contacts is presented to simulate the internal structure of an asphalt mixture. To obtain virtual samples, coarse aggregates are prepared from a digital library of realistic aggregates, allocated coordination numbers, and placed in a cylindrical container with the expected relations constructed. Next, the air voids and the asphalt mortar are generated in sequence to obtain the microstructure of a virtual specimen. Three AC-13 samples were constructed using different parameters. The difference between actual and expected average coordination numbers is around 6% for AC-13 Marshall samples virtually constructed with appropriate parameters, showing the reliability of the control effect of the proposed approach on the aggregate contact in asphalt mixtures. Furthermore, compared with a realistic AC-13 sample, virtual samples constructed have a close quantity, area, and orientation of aggregate contacts. Moreover, simulation results of the displacement-controlled test indicate the virtual sample with most aggregate contacts has the largest strain energy, demonstrating the correlation between contact properties and deformation resistance.
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