Routine Testing of Bitumen Binders
The quality of bituminous binders used in the construction and maintenance of road surfaces is currently assessed by empirical testing based on obtaining one value for specific boundary conditions, which were designed about 100 years ago. Basic empirical tests include the softening point and penetra...
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| author | Holý Michal Remišová Eva |
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| description | The quality of bituminous binders used in the construction and maintenance of road surfaces is currently assessed by empirical testing based on obtaining one value for specific boundary conditions, which were designed about 100 years ago. Basic empirical tests include the softening point and penetration, but the practice shows that these tests appear to be inadequate. The evaluation of changes of bitumen properties during the production and paving process of bituminous mixture is also important. The paper points out how the “traditional” tests as softening point and penetration and viscosity are sufficient to evaluate properties of bitumen binders. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-89a9c5867b3d4828884208586530e86a2022-12-22T02:40:39ZengSciendoCivil and Environmental Engineering1336-58352199-65122017-12-0113212513310.1515/cee-2017-0017cee-2017-0017Routine Testing of Bitumen BindersHolý Michal0Remišová Eva1Department of Highway Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina, SlovakiaDepartment of Highway Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina, SlovakiaThe quality of bituminous binders used in the construction and maintenance of road surfaces is currently assessed by empirical testing based on obtaining one value for specific boundary conditions, which were designed about 100 years ago. Basic empirical tests include the softening point and penetration, but the practice shows that these tests appear to be inadequate. The evaluation of changes of bitumen properties during the production and paving process of bituminous mixture is also important. The paper points out how the “traditional” tests as softening point and penetration and viscosity are sufficient to evaluate properties of bitumen binders.https://doi.org/10.1515/cee-2017-0017bitumen binderviscositysoftening pointpenetration |
| spellingShingle | Holý Michal Remišová Eva Routine Testing of Bitumen Binders Civil and Environmental Engineering bitumen binder viscosity softening point penetration |
| title | Routine Testing of Bitumen Binders |
| title_full | Routine Testing of Bitumen Binders |
| title_fullStr | Routine Testing of Bitumen Binders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Routine Testing of Bitumen Binders |
| title_short | Routine Testing of Bitumen Binders |
| title_sort | routine testing of bitumen binders |
| topic | bitumen binder viscosity softening point penetration |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/cee-2017-0017 |
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