Evaluation of Fatigue Life of CRM-Reinforced SMA and Its Relationship to Dynamic Stiffness

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Bitumen</td><td align="center">80/100</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Saturates</td><td align="center">5.4</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Aromatics</td><td align="center">72.5</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Resin</td><td align="center">15.5</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Asphaltenes</td><td align="center">6.6</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 2: Evaluation of Fatigue Life of CRM-Reinforced SMA and Its Relationship to Dynamic Stiffness 