CONTACT INFORMATION

Multi-Scale Characterization and Modeling of

Asphalt Materials
Ibrahim Onifade
PhD Student

KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Division of Highway and Railway
Engineering
Brinellvgen 23,
SE-100 44 Stockholm

Phone: +46-8-790 8740
Mobile: +46-76-40 96 474
onifade@kth.se
www.kth.se

Ibrahim Onifade










Advisors
Denis Jelagin
Bjrn Birgisson
Nicole Kringos
Alvaro Guarin
Why?

New challenges: increasing axle load and tire
pressure resulting in overloading.

Implementation of existing design procedures
- Extensive calibration and validation needed.
- Inaccurate pavement distress prediction

Discrepancies in test results : field and laboratory
- Need for improved mix design.

Development of a fundamental analytical technique
to establish important material properties and
determine right response to load and temperature.
What?

Better understanding of the state of
stress in the material i.e. strength
and deformation mechanism.

Better mixture specifications

Improved prediction of pavement
performance and condition

Maximum pavement utilization and
minimization of cost.
How?

X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT)
Acquisition of internal structure
non-destructively.

Digital Image Processing and
Analysis
Improvement and enhancement
Quantification and analysis
Surface and Mesh generation

Numerical Simulation Tool - Finite
Element, Discrete Element Method
etc.
Material characterization