An Assessment of the Asphalt Fatigue Equation for Bitumen Stabilised Materials
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Open access
Authors
Dadras, Ethan
Date
2016Supervisor
Prof. Hamid Nikraz
Type
Thesis
Award
MPhil
Metadata
Show full item recordFaculty
Science and Engineering
School
Department of Civil Engineering
Collection
Abstract
The aim of this research is to characterise the laboratory fatigue performance of a typical foamed bitumen mix used in Western Australia. It has also investigated the applicability of Austroads fatigue equation for the design of in-situ foamed bitumen stabilised materials. A new four-point bending device was utilised as a scaled up version which allows testing of much larger beams by removing the constraint that the maximum width and thickness are dominated by maximum aggregate size.