Durability of bridge asphaltic concrete pavements under temperature loads

This article presents the major results obtained during the research of the effect of temperature factors on the formation of cracks in asphalt concrete pavements of bridges. The main problem was divided into a number of parts: determination of temperature field in pavement; creation of an engineering design model for determining the stress-strain state caused by temperature deformation; determination of asphaltic concrete rheological characteristics; introduction of criteria for assessing the durability of asphaltic concrete pavement.