Four Point Bending.

Front Cover -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Conference organization -- Modeling of the Four Point Beam test -- A detailed FEM simulation of a 4-point bending test device -- Description of a procedure for using the Modified Partial Healing model (MPH) in 4PB test in order to determine material parameters -- Assessment of different flexure fatigue failure analysis methods to estimate the number of cycles to failure of asphalt mixtures -- Investigation into the size effect on four-point bending fatigue tests -- Applications to Mechanistic Design -- Application of four-point bending beam fatigue test for the design and construction of a long-life asphalt concrete rehabilitation project in Northern California -- Development of fatigue performance specification and its relation to mechanistic-empirical pavement design using four-point bending beam test results -- Development of a standard materials library for mechanistic-empirical fatigue and stiffness evaluation -- Four point bending beam tests in Arizona and relationship to asphalt binder properties -- First steps for the perpetual pavement design: Through the analysis of the fatigue life -- Asphaltic materials evaluation -- Fatigue assessment of conventional and highly modified asphalt materials with ASTM and AASHTO standard specifications -- Mechanical characterization of dry asphalt rubber concrete for base layers by means of the four bending points tests -- Impact of air void content on the viscoelastic behavior of hot mix asphalt -- Fatigue evaluation of reinforced asphalt concrete slabs -- Influence of recycled asphalt shingles on fatigue properties of asphalt pavements -- Flexural fatigue tests and predictions models -- tools to investigate SMA mixes with new innovative binder stabilizers -- Laboratory evaluation of fatigue and flexural stiffness of warm mix asphalt.

Comparisons with other tests -- Comparison of fatigue properties using 2-point and 4-point bending tests -- Czech experience -- Hungarian experience with different bending devices -- Development of quality control test procedure for characterizing fracture properties of asphalt mixtures -- Fatigue resistance: Is it possible having a unique response? -- Non-asphaltic materials evaluation -- A laboratory study of the influence of multiple axle loads on the fatigue performance of a cemented material -- Four point bending tests on cement treated materials -- Repeated load flexural testing to characterize lightly stabilized granular materials.

Covering a range of topics, including modelling of the four-point beam test, applications to mechanistic design, asphaltic materials evaluation, and comparisons with other tests and non-asphaltic materials evaluation, Four Point Bending will be much of interest to academics and professionals interested in pavement engineering.

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