Workshop materials

Lecture notes

A preliminary version of the lecture notes can be found here .

Table of contents

• Part 1. Modeling of asphalt
• Chapter 1. The physical and chemical structure of asphalt: with a brief history of their usage and availability (J. Murali Krishnan, K. R. Rajagopal)
• Chapter 2. The mechanical behavior of asphalt (J. Murali Krishnan)
• Chapter 3. Internal structure and modeling of asphalt mixtures (Eyad Massad)
• Part 2. Soil and granular materials
• Chapter 1. Interface behaviour of soils (R. G. Robinson)
• Chapter 2. Consolidation behaviour of reclamation fill made of lumps (R. G. Robinson)
• Chapter 3. Modelling the behaviour of soils and granular materials (Ian F. Collins)
• Part 3. Hypoelasticity and viscoelasticity
• Chapter 1. Hypoelasticity (Barry Bernstein)
• Chapter 2. Viscoelasticity (Barry Bernstein)

Slides and supplementary materials

Barry Bernstein

Visco-Elastic Fluids (supplementary text)		viscoelasticityText.pdf
Viscoelasticity (slides)		viscoelasticitySlides.pdf
Hypoelasticity (text)		hypoelasticityText.pdf
Hypoelasticity (slides)		hypoelasticitySlides.pdf
Pulverization of Rubber Using the SSSE Process		pulverizationOfRubber.pdf
Functional Grading of Rubber-Elastic Materials: From Chemistry to Mechanics		functionGradingOfRubberElasticMaterials.pdf

Ian F. Collins

Modelling Soils and Granular Media		modellingSoilsAndGranularMedia.pdf
Extant Theories of Clays and Sands		extantTheoriesOfClaysAndSands.pdf
Thermomechanical Models of Soils		thermomechanicalModelsOfSoils.pdf

J. Murali Krishnan

The physical and chemical structure of asphalt: with a brief history of their usage and availability		physicalAndChemicalStructureOfAsphalt.pdf
The Mechanical Behavior of Asphalt		mechanicalBehaviorOfAsphalt.pdf
Some of the Open Issues in Modeling Asphalt		someOpenIssuesInModelingAsphalt.pdf

Eyad Masad

Moisture damage		moistureDamage.ppt
Microstructure Analysis of Geomaterials		microstructureAnalysisOfGeomaterials.ppt
Particle Shape		particleShape.ppt

R. G. Robinson

Interfacial friction between soils and solid surfaces		interfacialFrictionBetweenSoilsAndSolidSurfaces.ppt
Lumpy fill in land reclamation		lumpyFillInLandReclamation.ppt