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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Role of Reinforced Interface Adhesive Layer to Construct Resilient Pavement
Resilience in general captures the goals of maintaining the continuity of performance and recovery to the desired function during an infrastructure designated service life. Nevertheless, pavement infrastructur...
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Correction: Do chemistry and rheology follow the same laboratory ageing trends in bitumen?
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Open AccessDo chemistry and rheology follow the same laboratory ageing trends in bitumen?
The ageing of bitumen has received great attention both from a chemical and rheological perspective due to its direct impact on asphalt performance. However, open questions with respect to the convergence of t...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Recommendation of RILEM TC 264 RAP on the evaluation of asphalt recycling agents for hot mix asphalt
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Open AccessRecommendation of RILEM TC 264 RAP on the evaluation of asphalt recycling agents for hot mix asphalt
This recommendation is based on the results of an inter-laboratory study organised by the RILEM technical committee TC 264-RAP "Asphalt Pavement Recycling"—Task Group 3 (TG3) focusing on Asphalt Binder for Rec...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effect of Aging on the Rheological Properties of Blends of Virgin and Rejuvenated RA Binders
The use of rejuvenators has seen a consistent increase over the years in the asphalt pavement industry. This is due to the need for maximizing the demand for incorporating a higher amount of Reclaimed Asphalt ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Introducing an Improved Testing Method to Evaluate the Fatigue Resistance of Bituminous Mortars
An improved test is proposed to determine the fatigue resistance of bituminous mortars by applying time-sweep cyclic (oscillatory) tests using a dynamic shear rheometer (DSR). To evaluate its applicability, a ...
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Identification of the viscoelastic properties of an asphalt mixture using a scanning laser Doppler vibrometer
Estimating the master curve of the complex modulus of asphalt mixtures is essential for high quality and sustainable mixture and pavement design. There are multiple standard methods to estimate this master cur...
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Analysis of the Belgian electricity mix used in environmental life cycle assessment studies: how reliable is the ecoinvent 3.1 mix?
The current contribution gives insight into the Belgian low-voltage electricity mix, used in environmental life cycle assessment studies and modelled following the attributional and consequential approach. Is ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Peat as an Example of a Natural Fiber in Bitumen
In this study, the suitability of a natural peat fiber, as a modifier for bitumen was investigated. Peat fibers were dried, ground, and fractionated into a fiber and a granular fraction. Rheological data on pe...
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Recycling
Recycling of old pavements is becoming a widespread technique; in order to preserve the natural resources of aggregates and binder, the materials reclaimed from the damaged layers of the pavements maintained a...
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Potential and limits of FTIR methods for reclaimed asphalt characterisation
In recent years, as a result of both environmental policy and industrial economic strategy, the amount of asphalt pavement that has been recycled has risen dramatically. As a result of this, several internati...
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Hot Recycling of Bituminous Mixtures
This chapter first presents the results of a survey performed on the practices used in Europe. This survey is considered a first report on the subject and could be usefully completed by the states of the art p...
