Numerical implementation of elasto-viscoplastic model in bituminous mixtures microstructure

  • S. Dessouky*
  • , A. T. Papagiannakis
  • , E. Masad
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Bituminous Mixture (BM) is a granular composite material stabilized by the presence of bitumen. In continuum modeling for BM, the macroscopic response has been lacking the ability to explicitly account for the effect of the microstructure. In this study, an elasto-viscoplastic continuum model is developed to predict BM response and performance in service loading. The model incorporates a Drucker-Prager yield surface that is modified to capture the influence of the directional distribution of aggregates and damage density. The model is converted into a numerical formulation and is implemented in finite element (FE). A fully implicit algorithm in timestep control is used to enhance the efficiency in the FE analysis. The FE model is used in this study to simulate permanent deformation for isotropic and anisotropic structures.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Subtitle of host publicationThe Academia and Practice of Geotechnical Engineering
Pages622-625
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ICSMGE 2009 - Alexandria, Egypt
Duration: 5 Oct 20099 Oct 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: The Academia and Practice of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume1

Conference

Conference17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ICSMGE 2009
Country/TerritoryEgypt
CityAlexandria
Period5/10/099/10/09

Keywords

  • Damage
  • Finite element
  • Microstructure
  • Visco-plastic

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