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Digital image correlation techniques to investigate strain fields and cracking phenomena in asphalt materials

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This paper is the outcome of a specific task group of the RILEM Technical Committee 241-MCD “Mechanisms of Cracking and Debonding in Asphalt and Composite Pavements”. The group on “Advanced Measurement Techniques” was established in 2011 to investigate DIC applications for non-destructive and non-contact measurements of strain fields during laboratory testing. The paper illustrates different DIC/optical flow applications in measuring strain distribution during laboratory testing. Specific applications of DIC for evaluating crack initiation and crack propagation in asphalt materials are presented.

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  1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

    William G. Buttlar, Brian C. Hill & Glaucio H. Paulino

  2. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

    Y. Richard Kim, Seyed Amirshayan Safavizadeh & Andrew Wargo

  3. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

    M. Emin Kutay

  4. University of Limoges, Limoges, France

    Anne Millien, Christophe Petit & Ion Octavian Pop

  5. University of Parma, Parma, Italy

    Antonio Montepara, Elena Romeo, Riccardo Roncella & Gabriele Tebaldi

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Buttlar, W.G., Hill, B.C., Kim, Y.R. et al. Digital image correlation techniques to investigate strain fields and cracking phenomena in asphalt materials. Mater Struct 47, 1373–1390 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-014-0362-z

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