The main motivations for the development of research in the area of appropriate additives for asphalt and bitumen are the enhancement of their properties and improvement of their …
Z Fu, Y Tang, F Ma, Y Wang, K Shi, J Dai, Y Hou… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials and fibers have gradually become widely used modifiers in asphalt to improve the performance of pavements. However, studies have been focusing on the …
FS Bhat, MS Mir - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study investigates the effect of using nano Al 2 O 3 as a modifier for SBS modified asphalt binders. The effects of varying concentrations (1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and 5%) of …
The performance enhancement of asphalt binders by incorporating innovative additives has been a subject of significant research and industry interest. This study emphasizes the …
High-volume traffic with ultra-heavy axle loads combined with extremely hot weather conditions increases the propagation of rutting in flexible pavement road networks. Several …
J Li, F Tang - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Asphalt mixtures has a long history of usage as pavement due to its economic efficiency. Asphalt mixtures have various modes of failure as they go through various temperature …
FS Bhat, MS Mir - International Journal of Pavement Research and …, 2021 - Springer
The study investigates the use of nanosilica as a potential binder modifier. Nanosilica can be produced from rice husk and silica fumes and therefore is a cost-effective and …
G Qian, C Yang, H Huang, X Gong, H Yu - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ultraviolet (UV) aging degrades the life span of asphalt pavement, nanomaterials used as modifiers exhibit good shielding function on UV light, but generally degrade the low …
Due to the environmentally associated issues regarding the construction or rehabilitation of asphalt pavements with merely virgin materials, researchers have proposed the re-utilization …