Multi-scale damage characterization of asphalt mixture subject to freeze-thaw cycles

• Published in: Construction & building materials Vol. 240; no. C; p. 117947
• Main Authors: Xu, Gang, Yu, Yunhong, Cai, Degou, Xie, Guanyu, Chen, Xianhua, Yang, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Elsevier Ltd 20.04.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: Asphalt mixture; Damage characteristics; Freeze-thaw cycles; IDT strength; Interfacial shear strength; Three-dimensional images; X-ray CT; Interfacial shear strength; Asphalt mixture; Damage characteristics; X-ray CT; Three-dimensional images; IDT strength; Freeze-thaw cycles

•The freeze-thaw damage of asphalt mixture was characterized from multi-scale.•X-ray CT and SEM were employed to study the internal structure.•The internal structure indicated three diversifications during freeze-thaw cycles.•The evolution of IDT strength was consisted with the variations of meso-pa...