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Effect of different viscous rejuvenators on chemical and mechanical behavior of aged and recovered bitumen from RAP (2019)
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Zhang, J., Sun, C., Li, P., Jiang, H., Liang, M., Yao, Z., …Airey, G. (2020). Effect of different viscous rejuvenators on chemical and mechanical behavior of aged and recovered bitumen from RAP. Construction and Building Materials, 239, Article 117755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117755

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Due to scarcity of virgin natural materials, the use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) has been promoted and encouraged in pavement engineering. However, note that the bituminous binder in RAP has been seriously aged due to long... Read More about Effect of different viscous rejuvenators on chemical and mechanical behavior of aged and recovered bitumen from RAP.

Data Compression Approach for Long-Term Monitoring of Pavement Structures (2019)
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Manosalvas-Paredes, M., Lajnef, N., Chatti, K., Aono, K., Blanc, J., Thom, N., …Lo Presti, D. (2019). Data Compression Approach for Long-Term Monitoring of Pavement Structures. Infrastructures, 5, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures5010001

Pavement structures are designed to withstand continuous damage during their design life. Damage starts as soon as the pavement is open to traffic and increases with time. If maintenance activities are not considered in the initial design or consider... Read More about Data Compression Approach for Long-Term Monitoring of Pavement Structures.

Environmental effects on the rheological properties of fine warm RAP-foamed bitumen mixtures using SATS conditioning protocol (2019)
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Sánchez, D. B., Airey, G., Caro, S., & Grenfell, J. (2019). Environmental effects on the rheological properties of fine warm RAP-foamed bitumen mixtures using SATS conditioning protocol. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2019.1679365

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper uses the Saturation Ageing Tensile Stiffness (SATS) conditioning to evaluate the combined effects of moisture and oxidative ageing on the rheological characteristics o... Read More about Environmental effects on the rheological properties of fine warm RAP-foamed bitumen mixtures using SATS conditioning protocol.

A practical approach to estimate the degree of binder activity of reclaimed asphalt materials (2019)
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Menegusso Pires, G., Lo Presti, D., & Airey, G. D. (2019). A practical approach to estimate the degree of binder activity of reclaimed asphalt materials. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2019.1663244

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Using Reclaimed Asphalt (RA) in new asphalt mixtures can reduce the amount of new material required thereby saving money and natural resources. In addition, asphalt mixtures with... Read More about A practical approach to estimate the degree of binder activity of reclaimed asphalt materials.

Moisture susceptibility of hydrated lime modified mastics using adhesion test methods and surface free energy techniques (2019)
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Zaidi, S. B. A., Airey, G. D., Grenfell, J., Alfaqawi, R. M., Ahmed, I., Ahmad, N., & Haynes, M. (2019). Moisture susceptibility of hydrated lime modified mastics using adhesion test methods and surface free energy techniques. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2019.1648811

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Moisture damage is one of the major factors that has been reported to affect the performance of asphalt pavements which depends mainly on the bond strength between bitumen, aggre... Read More about Moisture susceptibility of hydrated lime modified mastics using adhesion test methods and surface free energy techniques.

Binder and Mixture Fatigue Performance of Plant-Produced Road Surface Course Asphalt Mixtures with High Contents of Reclaimed Asphalt (2019)
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Subhy, A., Pires, G., Carrión, A., Lo Presti, D., & Airey, G. (2019). Binder and Mixture Fatigue Performance of Plant-Produced Road Surface Course Asphalt Mixtures with High Contents of Reclaimed Asphalt. Sustainability, 11(13), https://doi.org/10.3390/su11133752

© 2019 by the authors. The aged properties of Reclaimed Asphalt (RA) binders are one of the main factors working against their utilisation in high-RA content ( > 30%) mixes for surface courses. Fatigue cracking is the main distress of surface courses... Read More about Binder and Mixture Fatigue Performance of Plant-Produced Road Surface Course Asphalt Mixtures with High Contents of Reclaimed Asphalt.

Microstructure and rheological response of laboratory-aged SBS-modified bitumens (2019)
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Cuciniello, G., Leandri, P., Filippi, S., Lo Presti, D., Polacco, G., Losa, M., & Airey, G. (2019). Microstructure and rheological response of laboratory-aged SBS-modified bitumens. Road Materials and Pavement Design, https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2019.1621771

Polymer additives are widely used to improve the performance of road bitumens including their resistance to hardening during oxidation, although their oxidative inhibitor effect has not been well documented. This study aims to investigate the effect... Read More about Microstructure and rheological response of laboratory-aged SBS-modified bitumens.

Enhancement of curing properties of cold in-place recycling asphalt mixtures by induction heating (2019)
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Pérez, I., Gómez-Meijide, B., Pasandín, A. R., García, A., & Airey, G. (2021). Enhancement of curing properties of cold in-place recycling asphalt mixtures by induction heating. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 22(3), 355-368. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2019.1609674

© 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. In this study, samples of cold in-place recycling mix (CIR) with steel fibres were manufactured and heated by electromagnetic induction. Heating was c... Read More about Enhancement of curing properties of cold in-place recycling asphalt mixtures by induction heating.

Effect of foaming technique and mixing temperature on the rheological characteristics of fine RAP-foamed bitumen mixtures (2019)
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Sánchez, D. B., Airey, G., Caro, S., & Grenfell, J. (2020). Effect of foaming technique and mixing temperature on the rheological characteristics of fine RAP-foamed bitumen mixtures. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 21(8), 2143-2159. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2019.1593228

This paper evaluates and compares the differences in the rheological characteristics of the fine aggregate matrix (FAM) portion of plant produced Foamed Bitumen Mixtures (FBMs) by means of a mechanical foaming process, and by the incorporation of zeo... Read More about Effect of foaming technique and mixing temperature on the rheological characteristics of fine RAP-foamed bitumen mixtures.

Intrinsic adhesive and cohesive assessment of the moisture sensitivity of bio-rejuvenated recycled asphalt binders (2019)
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Jiménez del Barco Carrión, A., Carvajal-Muñoz, J. S., Lo Presti, D., & Airey, G. (2019). Intrinsic adhesive and cohesive assessment of the moisture sensitivity of bio-rejuvenated recycled asphalt binders. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 20(Supplement 1), S347-S364. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2019.1588778

Alternative binders not derived from fossil fuels, known as biobinders, are opening new paths for multiple applications in road infrastructure. Biobinders, usually produced from bio-oils obtained from the processing of biomass and industry by-product... Read More about Intrinsic adhesive and cohesive assessment of the moisture sensitivity of bio-rejuvenated recycled asphalt binders.

Development of compression pull-off test (CPOT) to assess bond strength of bitumen (2019)
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Rahim, A., Thom, N., & Airey, G. (2019). Development of compression pull-off test (CPOT) to assess bond strength of bitumen. Construction and Building Materials, 207, 412-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.02.093

The quantification of moisture susceptibility has been a major concern for researchers as it adversely affects the performance of asphalt pavements. Several methods have been developed to assess bond strength using asphalt mixtures in loose and compa... Read More about Development of compression pull-off test (CPOT) to assess bond strength of bitumen.