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NCHRP Report 669: Models for Predicting Reflection Cracking of Hot-Mix Asphalt Overlays (2010)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

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Zhou, Fujie, Lytton, Robert L, Hu, Sheng, Luo, Rong, Tsai, Fang-Ling, Lee, Sang Ick, Transportation Research Board. "Computational Method for Crack Growth Due to Traffic." NCHRP Report 669: Models for Predicting Reflection Cracking of Hot-Mix Asphalt Overlays. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.

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Front Matter (R1-R11)
Organization of the Report (1-1)
Material Properties (2-2)
Calibration to Field Data (3-3)
Use in Design (4-4)
Available Reflection Cracking Models (5-5)
Selection of a Reflection Cracking Model (6-6)
Process of Constructing a Calibrated Reflection Cracking Model (7-7)
Collection of Pavement Structure Data (8-9)
Traffic Data Collection (10-10)
Axle Load Distribution Factor (11-12)
Categorizing Traffic Load (13-13)
Finite Element Method for Calculating SIF (14-16)
Method of Predicting SIF (17-18)
Modeling of Cumulative Axle Load Distribution (19-19)
Probability Density on Tire Patch Length (20-25)
Reflection Cracking Amount and Severity Model (26-26)
Calibration of Field Reflection Cracking Model (27-27)
System Identification Process (28-28)
Parameter Adjustment and Adaption Algorithm (29-29)
Calibrating Reflection Cracking Model of Test Sections (30-32)
Heat Transfer in Pavement (33-33)
The Bottom Boundary Condition (34-34)
Stiffness, Tensile Strength, Compliance, and Fracture Properties of Mixtures (35-35)
Artificial Neural Network Algorithms for Witczak's Complex Modulus Models (36-37)
Models of Paris and Erdogan's Law Fracture Coefficients A and n (38-38)
Computational Method for Crack Growth Due to Traffic (39-40)
Computational Method for Viscoelastic Thermal Stresses (41-41)
Computation-to-Field Calibration Coefficients (42-43)
Validation of the Calibration Coefficients (44-47)
Mechanistic Prediction of Crack Growth (48-48)
Calibration of Calculated Overlay Life to the Observed Distress (49-49)
Predictions of Overlay Reflection Cracking (50-54)
Calibration of the Computational Model to Field Data (55-55)
Suggested Research (56-57)
References (58-59)
Appendices (60-60)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications (61-61)