| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 271, 2019
2019 Tran-SET Annual Conference
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| Article Number | 03009 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Asphalt Concrete Materials | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201927103009 | |
| Published online | 09 April 2019 | |
Investigating the Effect of Artificial Ageing on the Creep and Recovery of SBS-Modified Bitumen
1
Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre (NTEC), University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
2
Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 56122 Pisa, PI, Italy
* Corresponding author: evxgc3@nottingham.ac.uk
Polymer additives are widely used to improve the performances of road bitumen and mixtures including their oxidative resistance. However, their effect on the oxidative mechanism remains unclear. This study includes the investigation of the changes in the rheological response of Polymer Modified Bitumen (PMBs) prepared with the Styrene Butadiene Styrene (SBS) copolymer and Sulphur as cross-linker. The bitumen samples were aged in the Rolling Thin Film Oven (RTFO) and in multiple cycles of Pressure Aging Vessel (PAV). The rheological properties were measured by means of the Multiple Stress Creep and Recovery (MSCR) test. Results show that in the case of cross-linked SBS modified bitumen the polymer phase mitigates the effect of hardening of the bitumen phase on the rheological response as a function of the polymer concentration. Adversely, in the SBS modified bitumen without cross-linker, the effect of the polymer vanishes after the RTFO.
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