Bitumen, a product mostly used as a binder in road construction, has been subject of
numerous scientific investigations with the goal to optimise its function as an engineering …

Recycling agents, or rejuvenators, are products with chemical and physical characteristics
designed to restore the rheological properties of aged asphalt binders to improve the …

Crumb rubber (CR) is one of the materials most widely used in the road infrastructure
industry due to its mechanical and environmental benefits as an asphalt binder modifier …

Significant volumes of waste materials such as plastics is generated every year worldwide
with a potentially harmful impact on the environment. At the same time, the demand for …

Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) applications are largely limited by the insufficient
performance of reclaimed asphalt (RA). To address this challenge, the composite crumb …

The detrimental effects of hardening in asphalt pavements were first recognized by
pioneering pavement engineers in the 1900s and have been studied extensively during the …

This study examines the merits of esterification of waste cooking oil to reduce its acidic
content for use as a rejuvenator for aged asphalt. It further examines how acidic compounds …

Pavements are omnipresent in our society. From roads and airports to parking lots and
driveways, every civil engineering project requires applications of this complex subject …

It is well known that asphalt rheology affects the cracking performance of asphalt binders.
For many years researchers have struggled to develop tests that adequately deal with this …

This study is based on the principles of thermodynamics and utilizes the Hansen solubility
parameter theory and molecular dynamics simulation techniques. By introducing solubility …