Application of Advanced Image Processing Technique in Asphalt Concrete Microstructure Modeling and Microstructural Response
Zhanping You Graduate Research Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, UIUC 10/28/2003 3rd Floor Tower, 3269 Beckman Asphalt concrete used in pavements is a composite
of asphalt binder, crushed aggregate, and air voids. In order to study
the microstructure of asphalt concrete, image processing and analysis
techniques are very essential since image analysis has the advantage
of simplicity and accuracy in capturing microstructural features.
In this study, the asphalt concrete microstructure was captured by
study the two-dimensional (2D) image. These images were processed
using a comprehensive image processing package - Image Pro Plus 5.0.
The particle shapes, orientations, and coordinates of the aggregate
and mastic were recorded through the package with some user defined
macro-codes. An MDEM modeling approach was then used in the microstructural
response prediction such as complex modulus and creep compliance as
well as tensile strength of asphalt concrete.
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