Session 800
Hot-Mix Asphalt Fatigue and Fracture
Thursday, January 13, 2005, 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM, Marriott
Guangming Wang, Quality Engineering Solutions, Inc., presiding

Sponsored by:
Characteristics of Bituminous Paving Mixtures To Meet Structural Requirements Committee (AFK50)

Application of the Dissipated Energy Concept in Fatigue Endurance Limit Testing (05-0174)
Shihui Shen, Pennsylvania State University
Samuel H. Carpenter, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Laboratory Evaluation of Semicircular Bending Tensile Strength Test for Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures (05-0130)
Baoshan Huang, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Xiang Shu, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Gang Zuo, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc.

Effect of Construction Quality, Temperature, and Rutting on Initiation of Top-Down Cracking (05-2089)**
Elisabete Fraga Freitas, University of Minho, Portugal
Paulo Antonio Alves Pereira, University of Minho, Portugal
Luís Picado Santos, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
A. Thomas Papagiannakis, University of Texas, San Antonio

Investigation of the Fracture Resistance of Hot-Mix Asphalt Concrete Using a Disk-Shaped Compact Tension Test (05-2394)
Michael Parker Wagoner, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
William G. Buttlar, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Glaucio H. Paulino, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Phillip B. Blankenship, Asphalt Institute

** Design and Construction Group Practice-Ready Paper

Subject Areas:
Bituminous Materials