Relationship of High-Temperature Performance and Aggregate Gradation of Asphalt Mixtures Based on Fractal Theory

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Fractal theory was introduced to study the asphalt mixture aggregate gradation which shows visible fractal characteristics, and the fractal dimension of seven different gradations of ATB-25 were calculated quantitatively. Then the rutting test was carried out, and the results show that the fractal dimension of aggregate gradation has a good correlation with the dynamic stability of asphalt mixture. Finally, the paper proposes a multiple linear regression formula which may more accurately predict the high-temperature stability of the asphalt mixture with different gradations.

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