As an environmentally friendly alternative for the production of high-performance modified asphalt by chemical reactions, a liquid-state polyurethane-precursor-based reactive modifier (PRM) was developed and employed in modification. In contrast to traditional solid bitumen modifier, example, rubber thermoplastic elastomers, PRM as liquid has more significant advantages reducing energy consumpt...

The main objective of this paper is to investigate the relations of rubber size, rubber content, and binder content in determination of optimum binder content for open graded friction course (OGFC). Mix gradation type B as specified in Specification for Porous Asphalt produced by the Road Engineering Association of Malaysia (REAM) was used in this study. Marshall specimens were prepared with fo...

Polymer-modified bitumen emulsions present a safer and more environmentally friendly binder for enhancing the properties of roads. Cationic bitumen emulsion binders containing polymer latex were investigated using confocal laser scanning microscopy. The latex was incorporated into the bitumen emulsion by using four different addition methods and all emulsions were processed with a conventional ...

Bitumen as a binder in coating and insulating materials is modified with polymers to improve its performance in service conditions. Almost all polymers are incompatible with bitumen, and at high temperatures due to relatively very low viscosity of the bitumen phase, are separated from it. These lead to a considerable limitation in the use and handling of polymer-modified bitumens. An understand...

Bituminous crack sealants were analyzed by viscometry, fluorescence microscopy, infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetry, modulated differential scanning calorimetry and low temperature tensile testing. The results indicate that sealants are blends of bitumen, oil, copolymer and filler. Upon blending, these components produce a three phase system that consists of a polymer-modified bitumen (PMB)...

Crumb rubber modified bitumen (CRMB) can be regarded as a binary composite system in which swollen particles are embedded the matrix. The current study aims to further improve prediction accuracy of micromechanical models for CRMB by considering interparticle interactions. To accomplish this goal, two different strategies were used. Firstly, (n+1)-phase model was applied multilayer properties p...

In the present study, ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) and crumb rubber (CR) were used as bitumen modifiers. The experiment was designed by response surface methodology (RSM) at different levels of modifier additives based on central composite design (CCD). Next, Superpave protocol followed to evaluate modified performance temperatures compared with unmodified bitumen. this regard, high temperature...

Rubberized asphaltic materials have been frequently combined with warm-mix asphalt technologies to tackle the issues of high energy consumptions and emissions during construction. Effective accurate characterization binder properties is conducive improvement long-term pavement performance. The current study aims quantify effects rubber content additives on rutting thermal cracking performance c...