Abstract:Aiming at the difficult problems of cracking resistance evaluation of asphalt pavement in service, the semicircle bending test method and the critical strain energy index are used to evaluate its cracking resistance. Based on the field core samples of a typical expressways in Jiangsu Province, 35 groups of semicircle bending tests of the upper layer are carried out, and a three-level evaluation standard for the cracking resistance of asphalt pavement in service is proposed through the results of 20% and 80% fractile critical strain energy. The classification criteria for critical strain energy of different grades are 0.3 kJ/m2 and 0.7 kJ/m2 respectively.