Bituminous asphalt concrete: Aspects on scale-bridging

Effects of Recycled Concrete Aggregates on Properties of Asphalt Concrete

Characterization of Hot Bituminous-Asphalt Mixtures with Recycled Polyurethane Foam

Received: June 06, 2017 Revised: July 05, 2017 Accepted: July 19, 2017 Abstract: Introduction: The use of polymer wastes in pavement as road is an increasing trend in the road construction sector. Those new pavements reduce the amount of solid waste disposed into landfills and provide more sustainable construction due to the use of in-situ materials. Polyurethane foam waste is a thermostable po...

Influence of Waxes on Bitumen and Asphalt Concrete Mixture Performance

This doctoral thesis consists of a literature review, presented in two papers, and another six papers describing experimental studies of the influence of different kinds of wax and polyphosporic acid on bitumen and asphalt concrete mixture properties. The literature review should give an extensive description of the field of knowledge concerning wax in bitumen. Effects of wax in crude oil, bitu...

Characterisation of Asphalt Concrete Using Nanoindentation

In this study, nanoindentation was conducted to extract the load-displacement behaviour and the nanomechanical properties of asphalt concrete across the mastic, matrix, and aggregate phases. Further, the performance of hydrated lime as an additive was assessed across the three phases. The hydrated lime containing samples have greater resistance to deformation in the mastic and matrix phases, in...

Dynamic Effects on Moisture Transport in Asphalt Concrete

Permeability of an asphalt pavement is one of the most important parameters that have a direct influence on its design life. It is an intrinsic property that relates the average fluid velocity to a constant pressure gradient; however, the external pressures on a saturated pavement pore structure are often dynamic due to the repeated tire loading in the field. A dynamic permeability constant, th...