Maximizing the application of RAP in asphalt concrete pavements and its long-term performance: a review

J Zhang, T Sesay, Q You, H Jing - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) materials in asphalt concrete pavements (ACP)
brings significant cost and environmental benefits. In practice, however, the amount of RAP …

Identification of ageing state clusters of reclaimed asphalt binders using principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) based on chemo …

A Margaritis, H Soenen, E Fransen, G Pipintakos… - … and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Nowadays, Reclaimed Asphalt (RA) is widely used in pavement applications as
part of new asphalt mixtures. To design high-quality asphalt mixes, the RA material and …

Research on the development of a way to modify asphalt mixtures with PET recyclates

TM Majka, KA Ostrowski, M Piechaczek - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to the growing need to recycle plastics, new possibilities for their reuse are intensively
sought. In the Asian market, waste polymers are increasingly used to modify road bitumen …

Influence of soft binder and rejuvenator on the mechanical and chemical properties of bituminous binders

G Jacobs, A Margaritis, D Hernando, L He… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
At the end of their service life, asphalt pavements exhibit distresses such as cracking and
ravelling due to the aged bituminous binder. The recycling process of reclaimed asphalt …

Fatigue resistance of bituminous mixtures and mortars containing high reclaimed asphalt content

A Margaritis, G Jacobs, G Pipintakos, J Blom… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
With the increased use of reclaimed asphalt (RA), the ability of bituminous materials to resist
fatigue cracking may face a decline mainly due to the aged reclaimed asphalt binder (RAB) …

Affinity between Bitumen and Aggregate in Hot Mix Asphalt by Hyperspectral Imaging and Digital Picture Analysis

A Mei, R Fusco, M Moroni, N Fiore, G Fontinovo… - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study investigated the viability of quantifying the affinity between aggregate and
bitumen by means of different imaging techniques. Experiments were arranged in …

Maximizing the Utilization of the Treated RAP by a Two-Step Enhancement Method in Recycled Asphalt Mixtures

J Zhang, W Zhang, Y Xiao, X Hu… - … of Testing and …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In a circular economy toward zero waste, reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) as a secondary
resource into new asphalt pavement is one of the important waste management strategies …