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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 262, 2019
64 Scientific Conference of the Committee for Civil Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Science Committee of the Polish Association of Civil Engineers (PZITB) (KRYNICA 2018)
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Article Number | 05001 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Transportation Engineering | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201926205001 | |
Published online | 30 January 2019 |
Assessment of Gilsonite and Trinidad Epuré natural asphaltmodified binders ability to relaxation at low temperature
Poznan University of Technology, Institute of Civil Engineering, Plac Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 5, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
* Corresponding author: marcin.bilski@put.poznan.pl
The paper presents the results of the tests conducted on asphalt binders modified with additives of natural Gilsonite and Trinidad Epuré asphalts, as well as the 20/30, 35/50 and 50/70 penetration grade bitumens by use of an original observation method of the relaxation phenomenon in low temperature. In the tests the authors used a ductilometer equipped with a dynamometer and a bath filled up with a liquid with the temperature of-16°C. Relaxation of the asphalt binder was observed in the period of 20 minutes in the conditions of constant deformation of the sample caused by its prior extension with the constant speed of 1 mm/min. The value of the normal stress occurring in the asphalt binder is calculated on the basis of the measured value of the normal (tensile) force. It has been noted that asphalt binders with higher penetration values are characterised by a better relaxation ability at low temperature, that is relaxation takes place faster and has higher values of sample stress reduction in the domain of time, at constant strain. With approximate penetration values (the maximum penetration difference at 25°C amounting to ±2 mm/10), modified binders comprising Gilsonite are characterised by better relaxation abilities in comparison to binders containing the Trinidad Epuré additive.
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