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Complex Bituminous Binders, Are Current Test Methods Suitable for?
The asphalt industry is constantly working to enhance the performances of asphalt materials, introducing innovative and more sustainable solutions. In this context, the incorporation of materials, such as additives, polymers, is more and more used to improve the properties of neat bitumen. This leads to even more complex bituminous binders, raising the question, are the current specifications and test methods appropriate for complex materials? To deal with this, the RILEM Technical Committee 272-PIM ‘Phase and Interphase behaviour of innovative bituminous Materials’ with its Task Group TG1 is looking at the efficiency of various test methods for complex binders with an extensive inter-laboratory program with 17 laboratories. It includes seven different binders, two neat bitumen, two polymer modified bitumen and three binders with liquid additives, emphasising on compositional and physical changes at different conditions. The focus is low temperature; while a complementary experimental program encompasses as well as testing at intermediate and high temperatures. The outcomes of the work will provide indications on how robust the current binder characterisation techniques are and establish technical recommendations for future test methods specially designed for complex binders. Some first results are presented hereby.
Complex Bituminous Binders, Are Current Test Methods Suitable for?
The asphalt industry is constantly working to enhance the performances of asphalt materials, introducing innovative and more sustainable solutions. In this context, the incorporation of materials, such as additives, polymers, is more and more used to improve the properties of neat bitumen. This leads to even more complex bituminous binders, raising the question, are the current specifications and test methods appropriate for complex materials? To deal with this, the RILEM Technical Committee 272-PIM ‘Phase and Interphase behaviour of innovative bituminous Materials’ with its Task Group TG1 is looking at the efficiency of various test methods for complex binders with an extensive inter-laboratory program with 17 laboratories. It includes seven different binders, two neat bitumen, two polymer modified bitumen and three binders with liquid additives, emphasising on compositional and physical changes at different conditions. The focus is low temperature; while a complementary experimental program encompasses as well as testing at intermediate and high temperatures. The outcomes of the work will provide indications on how robust the current binder characterisation techniques are and establish technical recommendations for future test methods specially designed for complex binders. Some first results are presented hereby.
Complex Bituminous Binders, Are Current Test Methods Suitable for?
RILEM Bookseries
Di Benedetto, Hervé (editor) / Baaj, Hassan (editor) / Chailleux, Emmanuel (editor) / Tebaldi, Gabriele (editor) / Sauzéat, Cédric (editor) / Mangiafico, Salvatore (editor) / Porot, Laurent (author) / Chailleux, Emmanuel (author) / Apostolidis, Panos (author) / Zhu, Jiqing (author)
RILEM International Symposium on Bituminous Materials ; 2020 ; Lyon, France
Proceedings of the RILEM International Symposium on Bituminous Materials ; Chapter: 5 ; 37-43
RILEM Bookseries ; 27
2021-09-26
7 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Limitations of current South African test methods for bituminous binders
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Limitations of current South African test methods for bituminous binders
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