Interpretation of Asphalt Concrete Properties in Road Pavement

The consideration of issues related to asphalt concrete road pavement confirms the fact that the pavement itself and its elements are complex systems. The analysis of road pavement conditions is a multifactor task and these factors, in most cases, have a scholastic character. Currently known methods and technologies for monitoring and control over conditions of road pavement have their own limits of applicability. An integral approach making it possible to interpret main deformation and energetic processes taking place at various stages of the operation of asphalt concrete road pavement is proposed. The approach used makes it possible to diagnose the changes in the functional state of asphalt concrete pavement. Scientific hypotheses about the influence of asphalt concrete porosity on its heat capacity and about the prospectivity of the use of the mathematical model of the cusp catastrophe theory for describing the material creep have been formulated.

A.M. KIRILLOV, Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics) (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
M.A. ZAVYALOV (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Doctor of Sciences (Engineering)

Sochi State University (26A, Sovetskaya Street, 354000, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russian Federation)

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