Earthquakes and Structures

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  • Pages.483-496
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  • 2025
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  • 2092-7614(pISSN)
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  • 2092-7622(eISSN)
테크노프레스 (Techno-Press)
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Fatigue performance of continuously reinforced concrete pavement under cyclic wheel loading: Effect of binder composition

  • Hyo Eun Joo (Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo) ;
  • Yuya Takahashi (Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo)
  • 투고 : 2025.08.31
  • 심사 : 2025.10.07
  • 발행 : 2025.12.25
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초록

Continuously reinforced concrete pavements (CRCPs) are known for their excellent long-term durability; however, the absence of joints can lead to critical cracking depending on the mixture design, potentially degrading their performance. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the fatigue performance of a CRCP with various binder compositions, such as ordinary Portland cement, fly ash, and expansive additives (EA), under harsh environmental conditions. A multi-scale chemo-hygral computational system (DuCOM-COM3) was employed to simulate the damage caused by shrinkage under actual temperature and humidity variations as well as the long-term fatigue performance under cyclic wheel loading. The computational system integrates models for cement hydration, pore structure development, moisture transport, expansive pressure owing to EA, and time-dependent constitutive laws for structural analysis, enabling a comprehensive analysis of the drying shrinkage and stress-strain behavior of concrete under cyclic fatigue loading. Using this approach, the effects of binder composition and the advantages of EAs on the long-term fatigue performance were quantitatively evaluated, and the suitability of mixture designs for enhancing the durability of CRCPs was investigated in detail.

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과제정보

The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to Prof. Maeshima and his research group in Nihon University for kindly providing the experimental data used in this study. Their support was essential for the successful completion of this work. This study was conducted as part of the commissioned research project "Technical Research and Development on High-Durability Fly Ash Concrete Pavement based on Data Assimilation" under the New Committee on Advanced Road Technology sponsored by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Japan.

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