Performance Modification of Asphalt Binders using Thermoplastic Polymers

Effect of Reclaimed rubber Modification on the Rheological Properties and Rutting Resistance of Asphalt Binders

In this paper, the effect of reclaimed rubber modification on the rheological characteristics of asphalt binders is studied. Reclaimed rubber with the extent of 12, 16 and 20 is added to the neat asphalt binder and then shear complex modulus is obtained for neat and modified asphalt binder via Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR) test. Using Christensen-Anderson- Marasteanu (CAM) model, master curves ...

Thermodynamics of water sorption in high performance glassy thermoplastic polymers

Sorption thermodynamics of water in two glassy polymers, polyetherimide (PEI) and polyetheretherketone (PEEK), is investigated by coupling gravimetry and on line FTIR spectroscopy in order to gather information on the total amount of sorbed water as well as on the different species of water molecules absorbed within the polymers, addressing the issue of cross- and self-interactions occurring in...

Understanding Rheology of Thermoplastic Polymers

1 AAN013 shear rate behavior. For example, gauge variation can be caused by variable post-extrusion die swell, and warpage can occur from non-uniform relaxation during cooling of an improperly formulated injection molding compound. Also, by testing at low enough shear rates so that the measurements are in the melt’s linear viscoelastic region, the data can be linked directly to the polymer’s mo...

Low Temperature Performance Characteristics of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Mortars with Virgin and Aged Soft Binders

Feipeng Xiao 1,*, Ruoyu Li 1, Henglong Zhang 2 and Serji Amirkhanian 3,* 1 Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China; [email protected] 2 School of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China; [email protected] 3 State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technolo...

Mechanical Behavior of Filled Thermoplastic Polymers