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Substantially improved overlay mixes, required by the modern road industry should be highly resistent to reflection cracking. The mix must contribute significantly to the stiffness of the pavement, even when it is applied in relatively thin layers. The binder should possess a high softening temperature to reduce the sensitivity for rutting and corrugation, and it should have a reasonable penetration value to minimize the chances of cracking. In this paper attention is paid to the manner SBS polymer modified asphalt binders cope with this set of requirements. The basic principles of this modification are outlined and emphasis is laid on the rheological and mechanical properties: viscosity and penetration test results are presented. Burgers' model for viscoelastic materials is used in an attempt to describe the visco elasticy. Results of indirect tensile tests are reported, including the tensile strengths and the elastic moduli. Repeated loading tests have been done on polymer modified and plain asphaltic concrete mixes. The results are mutually compared concerning fatigue behaviour, elastic moduli and crack propagation characteristics. The paper describes various trial sections, with special attention to comparative tests carried out in an Australian accelerated loading facility.
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Papers from international experts from 13 countries. Coverage includes, new developments in the theory and practice of polymer composites, studies of their performance, manufacturing techniques and the material selection process.
A five-year study has been performed to investigate the behavior of binders and asphalt mixtures containing polymer modifiers. The polymers were SBS, SBR, EVA, Ground Rubber, and polyolefin. These materials were used separately and in combinations with each other to change the characteristics of the binders and asphalt mixtures. The research included laboratory experiments to characterize the materials, and field projects to ascertain their performance. Four hot mix asphalt projects were conducted in Districts 15, 11, 25, and 10 in Texas, and two seal coat projects were constructed in Districts 6 and 17 in Texas. The testing results of the field and laboratory samples are presented in this report.
The project was designed to develop (1) a better quantitative understanding of the relation between laboratory accelerated binder aging and field aging, (2) a test procedure to measure properties of an aged binder that relate to failure on the road and (3) a proposed specification for estimating the relative durability of binders in the presence of oxidative aging. Tests were conducted on original base and polymer modified binders, laboratory compacted mixtures, and pavement aged binders. The project necessarily evolved to a more comprehensive approach to improving pavement service life.
In recent years an increased use of polymers has occurred to modify asphalt binders, mainly to decrease pavement rutting but also to improve binder failure strain in direct tension. Whereas all of these effects positively impact the durability of polymermodified pavements, a need exists to quantify these improvements and the duration in the presence of oxidative aging. This research evaluated the durability of polymer modified asphalt (PMA) through a number of determinations that included the characterization of the original binder property and pavement-aged binder for modified and unmodified binders. Changes in styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) polymer modified binder properties from oxidation were analyzed using dynamic shear rheometry, ductility, and force ductility. Previous literature reports using size exclusion chromatography showed that degradation of the molecular weight profile of SBS accompanied the loss of PMA ductility. Yet base binder embrittlement also occurred, as evidenced by ductility and force ductility. Testing aged PMA binders at higher temperatures to soften the base binder restored the polymer modulus to the force ductility measurements as did blending with a softer deasphalted oil. These measurements indicate that the more significant cause of PMA degradation with aging is base binder embrittlement rather than polymer degradation. Sixteen pavements in 11 Texas Districts, plus four MnRoad pavements were evaluated in order to obtain a more detailed profile of binder oxidation in pavements. Slices of each core provided detail on binder oxidation and air voids. The data confirm that binders can oxidize at least several inches into the pavement. However, oxidation also can be significantly slowed, apparently by very low accessible air voids. Interestingly, the data indicate that the air voids that are relevant to the binder at a specific depth of the pavement are those in the immediate vicinity of the binder; low air voids above or below the binder do not seem to significantly affect the binder oxidation rate. Furthermore, that binders oxidize inches below the surface shows that temperature conducts well into the pavement, consistent with a heat conduction model that is used to calculate ground temperatures as a function of depth.
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