Using surface free energy to evaluate the fracture performance of asphalt binders
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-20-2020
Department
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Abstract
Surface free energy has been mainly employed to determine the adhesive bond energy for the evaluation of moisture resistance between binder and aggregate, but its association with binder fracture resistance has not been fully explored yet. Surface free energy was successfully measured for five binders by using sessile drop method. The Double-Edge Notched Tensile and Binder Fracture Energy tests were used to establish the correlation between binder fracture parameters and surface free energy. Correlation results indicated that surface free energy is a good indicator for binder fracture performance.
Publication Title
Construction and Building Materials
Recommended Citation
Chen, Y.,
Dong, S.,
Wang, H.,
Gao, R.,
&
You, Z.
(2020).
Using surface free energy to evaluate the fracture performance of asphalt binders.
Construction and Building Materials,
240.
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.118004
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