The influence of water vapor on the structural response of asphalt pavement
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Abstract A series of water damage phenomena of asphalt pavement during service show that water is very important. To comprehensively analyze the influence of water vapor factors on the response of pavement structure, this article first tests the water vapor diffusion coefficient of asphalt pavement materials at different temperatures establishes the water vapor concentration field model of the pavement structure, and analyzes the actual water vapor distribution of the pavement structure; then, the relationship between viscoelastic parameters of the mixture and water vapor concentration is established. Based on this, the finite element model of the pavement structure considering the water vapor factor is established, and the influence of the water vapor factor on the pavement structure response and fatigue life is quantified. It is found that water vapor has an important influence on the mechanical response. On the hottest days in summer, the attenuation of surface modulus caused by water vapor has the greatest impact on the upper layer of the pavement structure. Under the influence of water vapor, the position just below the wheel of the upper layer at the bottom of the horizontal tension strain increases by 108.26%, and the horizontal tension strain of the other layers increases by about 5%, increasing the risk of upper layer cracking. At the same time, water vapor reduces the stress that can be borne by the surface layer, while the rest of the stress is borne by the base. Compared with the fatigue life calculation method in the specification, the actual non-uniform water vapor concentration field reduces the fatigue life of the surface layer by 12.246%. This shows that the current structural calculation does not consider the water vapor factor, which makes the pavement structure more dangerous, and the influence of the water vapor factor should be fully considered.
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OpenAlex topics: Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation · Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring · Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
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Project Construction Management Company, Jiangxi Provincial Communications Investment Group Co. Ltd. , Nanchang City , Jiangxi Province , China
China Construction Communications Construction Group Investment Management Company , Foshan City , Guangdong Province , China
Jiangxi Province Traffic Construction Engineering Quality Supervision Administration , Nanchang City , Jiangxi Province , China
School of Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology , Wuhan City , Hubei Province , China
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