Yucheng Huang

Bio: Yucheng Huang is an academic researcher from Virginia Tech. The author has contributed to research in topics: Asphalt concrete & Fracture mechanics. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 12 publications receiving 220 citations. Previous affiliations of Yucheng Huang include University of Science and Technology Beijing.

A prototype IOT based wireless sensor network for traffic information monitoring

Abstract: An Internet of things (IOT) based wireless sensor system, solely using wireless accelerometers, is developed for traffic volume and vehicle classification monitoring in this paper. A series of laboratory tests, field tests as well as numerical simulation were performed to validate the feasibility and accuracy of the monitoring system. Besides, in order to eliminate the impacts of noises in the output signals, an advanced algorithm is developed to analyze the test data. The findings based on the test results indicate that the system is capable of reliably detecting axles and calculating axle spacing in both laboratory and field tests. In addition, compared with the actual measurements, the numerical simulation further validates the feasibility of the integrated wireless sensor system for traffic information monitoring.

Coupled Navier–Stokes Phase-Field Model to Evaluate the Microscopic Phase Separation in Asphalt Binder under Thermal Loading

Abstract: The evolution of asphalt microstructures under thermal loading has always been a critical issue for pavement engineers. Previous researches show that phase separation will greatly affect the mechanical performance of asphalt at microscale. To analyze this important phenomenon, the conserved phase-field model is coupled with the Navier–Stokes equation to simulate the phase kinetics in this paper. The asphalt is chemically simplified to a quaternary system consisting of four chemical components: asphaltene, resin, oil, and wax. The coupled Navier–Stokes phase-field system is solved in a unified finite element framework in COMSOL software. It is observed that phase separation has a significant influence on the thermal stress distribution. Moreover, stress concentration is observed at the interfaces between different phases, which may result in microcracks. This conclusion is validated by atomic-force microscopy (AFM) experiment results.

Evaluation of pavement response and performance under different scales of APT facilities

Abstract: This paper focuses on comparative evaluation of pavement responses and performance under accelerated loading facility (ALF), Model Mobile Load Simulator 3(MMLS 3) and Asphalt Pavement Analyzer (APA) tests, in terms of rut depth, strain response, seismic stiffness and contact stress. Test slabs extracted from the ALF test lanes were trafficked with the MMLS3 under comparable environmental conditions at a laboratory in Virginia Tech. Some small specimens were cut from the slab for APA tests at VTRC. It is found that the monitored parameters yielded by the MMLS 3 test were comparable to the related full-scale ALF test results in terms of intrinsic material characteristics and pavement performance. It is concluded that MMLS 3 is an effective, economic and reliable trafficking tool to characterise rutting and fatigue performance of pavement materials with due regard to the relative structures. The APA test is not suitable to assess the fatigue resistance of pavement material, but is an efficient and effective ...

Fractal Analysis on Asphalt Mixture Using a Two-Dimensional Imaging Technique

Abstract: Fractal is a mathematical set that has a fractal dimension which usually exceeds its topological dimension and may be nonintegral. Since the asphalt pavement texture has limitations of randomness and self-similarity, fractal theory has been explored to quantify the asphalt pavement texture and employs good applicability in processing and analyzing the complex details of research object. In this paper, the 2D digital image of the pavement surface is measured in terms of area fractal dimension and contour fractal dimension, which are used to correlate with aggregate gradation and British Pendulum Number (BPN) value, respectively. It turns out the area fractal dimension of aggregate provides a simple way to acquire the continuous gradation of asphalt concrete sample and the contour fractal dimension is an available parameter to characterize roughness and friction of pavement surface texture.

A Continuum Phase Field Model for Fracture

Abstract: A variational free-discontinuity formulation of brittle fracture was given by Francfortand Marigo [1], where the total energy is minimized with respect to the crackgeometry and the displacement field simultaneously. The entire evolution of cracksincluding their initiation and branching is determined by this minimization principlerequiring no further criterion. However, a direct numerical discretization of themodel faces considerable difficulties as the displacement field is discontinuous inthe presence of cracks.

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