7th RILEM International Conference on Cracking in Pavements

Laboratory evaluation of asphalt concrete cracking potential: Characterization of Asphalt Mixture's Fracture Resistance Using the Semi-Circular Bending (SCB) Test.- Determining the Flexural Strength of Asphalt Mixtures Using the Bending Beam Rheometer.- Experimental study of the precracking.- Comparison between 2PB and 4PB methodologies based on the dissipated energy approach .- Evaluation of thermal stresses in asphalt layers incomparison with TSRST test results.- A four-point bending test for the bonding evaluation of composite pavement.- Assessment of cracking resistance of bituminous mixtures by means of Fenix test.- Development of Dynamic Asphalt Stripping Machine for Better Prediction of Moisture Damage on Porous Asphalt in the Field.- Effect of Wheel Track Sample Geometry on Results.- Performance of 'SAMI'S in simulative testing.- Towards a New Experimental and Numerical Protocol for Determining Mastic Viscosity.- Interference Factors on Tests of Asphalt Biding Agents Destinated to Paving Works Using a Statistic Study.- Pavement cracking detection: The Use of Ground Penetrating Radar, Thermal Camera and Laser Scanner Technology in Asphalt Crack Detection and Diagnostics.- Asphalt Thermal Cracking Analyser (ATCA).- Using 3D laser profiling sensors for the automated measurement of road surface conditions.- Pavement Crack Detection Using High-resolution 3D Line Laser Imaging Technology.- Detecting unbounded interface with non destructive techniques.- New Field Testing Procedure to Measure Surface Stresses in Plain Concrete Pavements and Structures.- Strain Measurement in Pavements with a Fibre Optics Sensor Enabled Geotextile.- Field investigation of pavement cracking: Evaluating the low temperature resistance of the asphalt pavement under the climatic conditions of Kazakhstan.- Millau viaduct response under static and moving loads considering viscous bituminous wearing course materials.- Material Property Testing of Asphalt Binders Related to Thermal Cracking in a Comparative Site Pavement Performance Study.- Influence of Differential Displacements of Airport Pavements on Aircraft Fuelling Systems.- Rehabilitation of cracking in epoxy asphalt pavement on steel bridge decks.- Long-term pavement performance evaluation.- Structural Assessment of Cracked Flexible Pavement.- Comparison Between Optimum Tack Coat Application Rates as Obtained from Shear- and Tension-type Tests.- Using Life Cycle Assessment to Optimize Pavement Crack-Mitigation.- Preliminary Analysis of Quality-Related Specification Approach for Cracking on Low Volume Hot Mix Asphalt Roads.- Evaluating root resistance of asphaltic pavement focusing on woody plants' root growth.- 20 Years of Research on Asphalt Reinforcement - Achievements and Future Needs.- Concrete Pavement Strength Investigations at the FAA National Airport Pavement Test Facility.- Pavement cracking modeling response, crack analysis and damage prediction: The Effects Non-Uniform Contact Pressure Distribution has on Surface Distress of Flexible Pavements using a Finite Element Method.- Finite Element Analysis of a New Test Specimen for Investigating Mixed Mode Cracks in Asphalt Overlays .- Modelling of the Initiation and Development of Transverse Cracks in Jointed Plain Concrete Pavements for Dutch Conditions.- Pavement Response Excited by Road Unevennesses using the Boundary Element Method.- Discrete particle element analysis of aggregate interaction in granular mixes for asphalt: combined DEM and experimental study.- Recent Developments and Applications of Pavement Analysis Using Nonlinear Damage (PANDA) Model.- Laboratory and Computational Evaluation of Compact Tension Fracture Test and Texas Overlay Tester for Asphalt Concrete.- Crack Fundamental Element (CFE) for Multi-scale Crack Classification .- Cracking Models for Use in Pavement Maintenance Management.- Multi-cracks modeling in reflective cracking.- Using Black Space Diagrams to Predict Age-Induced Cracking.- Top-Down Cracking Prediction Tool for Hot Mix Asphalt Pavements.- A theoretical investigation into the 4 point bending Test.- Multiscale Micromechanical Lattice Modeling of Cracking in Asphalt Concrete.- Accelerated Pavement Performance Modeling Using Layered Viscoelastic Analysis.- Numerical investigations on the deformation behavior of concrete pavements.- Fatigue behavior modelling in the Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design.- Theoretical Analysis of Overlay Resisting Crack Propagation in Old Cement Concrete Pavement.- Calibration of Asphalt Concrete Cracking Models for California Mechanistic-Empirical Design (CalME).- Performance of concrete pavements and white toppings: Shear Failure in Plain Concrete as Applied to Concrete Pavement Overlays.- Influence of Residual Stress on PCC Pavement Potential Cracking.- Plain Concrete Cyclic Crack Resistance Curves under Constant and Variable Amplitude Loading.- Influence of external alkali supply on cracking in concrete pavements.- Plastic Shrinkage Cracking Risk of Concrete - Evaluation of Test Methods.- Compatibility between base concrete made with different chemical admixtures and surface hardener.- Compatibility between a quartz surface hardener and different base concrete mixtures.- Suitable Restrained Shrinkage Test for Fibre Reinforced Concrete: a critical discussion.- Influence of Chemical Admixtures and Environmental Conditions on Initial Hydration of Concrete.- Application of different fibers to reduce plastic shrinkage cracking of concrete.- Fatigue cracking and damage characterization of asphalt concrete: Evaluation of Fatigue Life Using Dissipated Energy Methods.- Measurement and prediction model of the fatigue behavior of glass fiber reinforced bituminous mixture.- Fatigue Cracking in Bituminous Mixture using Four Point Bending Test.- Top-down and Bottom-up Fatigue Cracking of Bituminous Pavements Subjected to Tangential Moving Loads.- Fatigue Performance of Highly Modified Asphalt Mixtures in Laboratory and Field Environment.- A multi-linear fatigue life model of flexible pavements under multiple axle loadings.- Aggregate Base/Granular Subbase Quality Affecting Fatigue Cracking of Conventional Flexible Pavements in Minnesota.- Fatigue Performance of Asphalt Concretes with RAP aggregates and Steel Slags.- Fatigue Characterization of Asphalt Rubber Mixtures with Steel Slags.- Fatigue Cracking of Gravel Asphalt Concrete.- Cumulative Damage Determination.- Fatigue Resistance and Crack Propagation Evaluation of a Rubber-Modified Gap Graded Mixture in Sweden.- On the Fatigue Criterion for Calculating the Thickness of Asphalt Layers.- Acoustic Techniques for Fatigue Cracking Mechanisms Characterization in Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) .- Fatigue characteristics of sulphur modified asphalt mixtures.- Effect of Moisture Conditioning on Fatigue Properties of Sulphur Modified Asphalt Mixtures.- Fatigue investigation of mastics and bitumens using Annular Shear Rheometer prototype equipped with wave propagation system.- Effect of Steel Fibre Content on the Fatigue Behaviour of Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete.- Effect of Specimen Size on Fatigue Behavior of Asphalt Mixture in Laboratory Fatigue tests .- Evaluation of the effectiveness of asphalt concrete modification.- Long-Life Overlays By Use Of Highly Modified Bituminous Mixtures.- Investigation into Tensile properties of Polymer Modified Bitumen (PMB) and Mixture Performance .- Effect of Polymer Dispersion on the Rheology and Morphology of Polymer Modified Bituminous Blend.- Effect of Organoclay Modified Binders on Fatigue Performance.- Effects of Polymer Modified Asphalt Emulsion (PMAE) on Pavement Reflective Cracking Performance .- Characterization of long term field aging of polymer modified bitumen in porous asphalt.- Bending Beam Rheological Evaluation of Wax Modified Asphalt Binders.- Reducing Asphalt's Low Temperature Cracking by Disturbing its Crystallization.- MechanisticEvaluationof Lime-ModifiedAsphaltConcreteMixtures.- Crack growth parameters & mechanisms: Determination of crack growth parameters of asphalt mixtures.- Differential Thermal Contraction of Asphalt Components.- Mechanistic Pavement Design Considering Bottom-Up And Top-Down-Cracking.- Strength and Fracture Properties of Aggregates.- Cracks Characteristics and Damage Mechanism of Asphalt Pavement with Semi-rigid Base.- Comparing the Slope of Load/Displacement Fracture Curves of Asphalt Concrete.- Cracking Behaviour of Bitumen Stabilised Materials (BSMs): Is there such a thing?.- Experimental and theoretical investigation of three dimensional strain occurring near the surface in asphalt concrete layers.- Reasons of Premature Cracking Pavement Deterioration - A Case Study.- Effect of thickness of a sandwiched layer of bitumen between two aggregates on the bond strength: an experimental study.- Hypothesis of existence semicircular shaped cracks on asphalt pavements.- Quantifying the relationship between mechanisms of failure and the deterioration of CRCP under APT: cointegration of non-stationary time series.- Influence of Horizontal Traction on Top-Down Cracking in Asphalt Pavements.- Evaluation, quantification and modeling of asphalt healing properties: Predictingthe PerformanceoftheInduction Healing Porous Asphalt Test Section.- Determining the healing potential of asphalt concrete mixtures - A pragmatic approach.- Asphalt durability and self-healing modelling with discrete particles approach.- Quantifying healing based on viscoelastic continuum damage theory in fine aggregate asphalt specimen.- Evaluation of WMA Healing Properties Using Atomic Force Microscopy.- Cracking and Healing Modelling of Asphalt Mixtures.- Reinforcement & interlayer systems for crack mitigation: Effects of Glass Fiber/Grid Reinforcement on the Crack Growth Rate of an Asphalt Mix.- Asphalt Rubber Interlayer Benefits in Minimizing Reflective Cracking of Overlays over Rigid Pavements.- Performance of anti-cracking interface systems on overlaid cement concrete slabs - development of laboratory test to simulate slab rocking.- The use of bituminous membranes and geosynthetics in the pavement construction.- Stress Relief Asphalt Layer and Reinforcing Polyester Grid as Anti-Reflective Cracking Composite Interlayer System in Pavement Rehabilitation.- Characterizing the effects of geosynthetics in asphalt pavements.- Geogrid Interlayer Performance in Pavements : Tensile-Bending Test for Crack Propagation .- Theoretical and computational analysis of airport flexible pavements reinforced with geogrids.- Optimization of Geocomposites for Double-Layered Bituminous Systems.- Sand Mix Interlayer Retarding Reflective Cracking in Asphalt Concrete Overlay.- Full scale tests on grid reinforced flexible pavements on the French fatigue carrousel.- Thermal and low temperature cracking of pavements: Low-temperature cracking of recycled asphalt mixtures.- Thermal Cracking Potential in Asphalt Mixtures with High RAP Contents.- Micro-Mechanical Investigation of Low Temperature Fatigue Cracking Behaviour of Bitumen.- The Study on Evaluation Methods of Asphalt Mixture Low Temperature Performance.- Cracking propensity of WMA & recycled asphalts: Permanent Deformations of WMAs related to the Bituminous Binder Temperature Susceptibility .- Cracking resistance of recycled asphalt mixtures in relation to blending of RA and virgin binder.- Warm Mix Asphalt Performance Modeling Using the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide.- Shrinkage and Creep Performance of Recycled Aggregate Concrete.- Effect of Reheating Plant Warm SMA on Its Fracture Potential.- Fatigue Cracking Characteristics of Cold In-Place Recycled Pavements.