Elsevier Applications of Viscoelasticity: Bituminous Materials Characterization and Modeling

Applications of Viscoelasticity: Bituminous Materials Characterization and Modeling starts with an introduction to the theory of viscoelasticity, emphasizing its importance to various applications in material characterization and modeling. It next looks at constitutive viscoelastic functions, outlines basic equations for different loading conditions, and introduces the Boltzmann superposition principle, relaxation modulus, and creep compliance. Mechanical models, including integer-order and fractional-order are studied next, featuring real experimentation data alongside the benefits and drawbacks of using each model in various real-world scenarios. The book then covers the correspondence principle, followed by time–temperature superposition, featuring a simple procedure to construct a real master curve and challenges that might be encountered. The concluding chapters cover the Hopkins and Hamming, Park and Kim, and General Power law methods for interconversion of constitutive viscoelastic functions, applications of viscoelasticity for experimental tests, and incremental form of viscoelastic relations for numerical modeling. The book also includes supplementary codes that users can duplicate and use in their own work. Review An applied approach to the problem of material viscoelasticity that breaks down complicated viscoelastic equations and principles From the Back Cover Applications of Viscoelasticity: Bituminous Materials Characterization and Modeling takes an applied approach to problems of material viscoelasticity, breaking down complicated viscoelastic equations and principles and then presenting examples of those equations and principles being applied to commonly encountered problems in real-world settings. Applications of Viscoelasticity: Bituminous Materials Characterization and Modeling starts with an introduction to the theory of viscoelasticity, emphasizing its importance to and various applications in material characterization and modeling. It next looks at constitutive viscoelastic functions, introducing the Boltzmann superposition principle, relaxation modulus, creep compliance, and outlines basic equations for different loading conditions such as static and harmonic. Mechanical models including Maxwell, Kelvin-Voigt, Burgers, Fractional, and Hue are studied next featuring real experimentation data alongside the benefits and drawbacks of using each model in various real-world scenarios. The correspondence principle is then introduced followed by time-temperature-loading rate superposition, featuring a simple procedure to construct a real master curve and probable challenges that might be encountered. The concluding chapters cover the Hopkins and Hamming, Park and Kim, and General Power law methods, applications of viscoelasticity for experimental tests, and incremental and non-linear viscoelasticity. The book also includes an appendix with supplementary code that users can duplicate and use in their own work. About the Author Pouria Hajikarimi is a young Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran. His main research field is experimental and numerical modeling of viscoelastic materials, especially bituminous composites including modified asphalt binders, asphalt mastic, asphalt mortar and asphalt mixtures, using finite element methods to simulate different aspects of rheological and mechanical behavior in both continuous and discontinuous medium. Recently, he has been focused on multi-scale experimental and numerical modeling of bituminous composites as well as application of machine learning methods to predict their behavior. He published more than 30 high-quality research papers and 25 national and international conference papers. Prof. Fereidoon Moghadas Nejad is a well-known professor and a national figure in pavement engineering in Iran due to