In a large project of the German Bitumen Forum, almost all branches of industry in Germany that use bitumen have been examined with regard to bitumen exposure. A total of 1272 samples were gathered between 1991 and 2005. The measuring method includes vapours and aerosols emitted from hot bitumen; the proportions of these two components and their dependency on bitumen temperature are described. ...

Stone mastic asphalt (SMA) has become widely used in the field of pavement engineering. Using specific additives SMA is necessary due to climate change and load condition variations. Thus, it essential utilise a modern mixture with high capacity survive traffic loads. The current study aims use combination waste polyethene terephthalate (PET) Nano-silica (NS) as newly developed hybrid additive ...

Stone mastic asphalt pavements are preferred worldwide as they more resistant to heavy traffic loads. The stone pavement design involves the use of 70-80% coarse aggregate, 8-12% filler, 5-7% binder, and approximately 0.3-0.5% fibre. gap-graded structure high binder content cause bitumen drain down from aggregates. Marshall test Schellenberg drainage performed in this research on samples prepar...

The polymers from mastic gum of Pistacia lentiscose and subspecies of Pistacia atlantica, (sp. kurdica, mutica and cabolica) have been isolated and characterised by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and 13C NMR spectroscopy as cis-1,4-poly-?-myrcenes. They were screened against Helicobacter pylori and other Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria to evaluate their antimicrobial action. In or...

1. The effect of adding pure proteins to bacterial suspensions at different H ion concentrations has been studied. 2. The zone of flocculation of protein-treated bacteria bears a significant relationship to the isoelectric point of the protein used. With the higher concentration of protein, agglutination occurs at or near the isoelectric point of that protein; at reactions acid to this, the bac...

Pavement rutting is one of the most common and destructive pavement distresses being observed in flexible pavements, which is primarily due to axle loads that exceed legal limit and high ambient temperatures, and also poor mix design is one of the cause of rutting. The drastic increase in traffic volume during last few decades has resulted in premature pavement failures of almost the whole road...