asphalt
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- Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) is a latent heat storage material that has potential to regulate the thermal environment within the asphalt pavement via phase-transition process.
- Cement asphalt mortar (CA mortar) is a key material of non-ballasted track structure.
- Epoxy asphalt (EA) concrete is widely used in constructing long-span steel bridge pavements (SBDPs).
- Pervious asphalt (PA) is an effective pavement material to alleviate surface runoff and hot island effect in city.
- Crumb rubbers (CRs) have been proposed for the pavement because it is a waste materials and crumb rubbers modified asphalt pavement shows excellent performance.
- Viscoelastic asphalt binder plays an important role in bonding individual aggregate particles and contributes to the durability and stability of asphalt pavement.
- Given the application characteristics and shortcomings of basalt fiber in road engineering, improvements to its reinforcing effect in asphalt mixture, such as reinforcing, toughening, and b..
- Polyurethane-bound porous mixture (PPM) is a new type of pavement material that has shown some potential for overcoming common asphalt mixtures mechanical failures.
- Use of recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) into asphalt mixture has become more popular in asphalt paving industry due to dwindling natural resources and potential economic benefits.
- Warm mix asphalt (WMA) technology particularly involving high percentage of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) has become more commonly used due to its promising advantages in environment, energy cost and workability.
- Porous asphalt mixtures with steel slag (PAM-SS), as an eco-friendly and low-cost pavement material, are conducive to addressing the issue of urban floods and natural resource shortages.
- Polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride have been being used as a modifier of bitumen (asphalt cement), whereas application of waste polyethylene (WPE) and waste polyvinyl chloride (WPVC) are quite introductory in the field of bituminous pavement.
- Asphalt aging is recognised as one of the important factors causing cracking related failures in asphalt pavements.