%0 Journal Article
	%A Fouzieh Rouzmehr and  Mehdi Mousavi
	%D 2022
	%J International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 191, 2022
	%T Comparison of Elastic and Viscoelastic Modeling for Asphalt Concrete Surface Layer
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10012801
	%V 191
	%X Hot mix asphalt concrete is a viscoelastic material, and its stress-strain relationship depends on the loading duration and the strain rate. To investigate the effect of elastic and viscoelastic modeling under traffic load, asphalt concrete pavement is modeled with both elastic and viscoelastic properties and the pavement performance is predicted. The differences of these two models are investigated on fatigue cracking and rutting problem which are the two main design parameters in flexible pavement design. Although the differences in rutting problem between two models were negligible, in fatigue cracking, the viscoelastic model results were more accurate. Results indicate that modeling the flexible pavement with elastic material is efficient enough and gives the acceptable results. 
	%P 306 - 311