Evaluation of the cohesion of crumb rubber modified bitumens by means of UCL method

The aim of this paper is to study the influence of crumb rubber on the improvement of cohesion provided by bitumen. The UCL Method is a procedure for binder characterization based on the evaluation of the degree of cohesion provided by a set amount of binder to an aggregate of a set grading (standar...

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Autores: Páez Dueñas, A., Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo|||0000-0001-5194-9409, Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo|||0000-0003-2843-6626
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/8733
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/8733
https://dx.doi.org/10.3166/RMPD.10.667-676
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bituminous materials--Testing
Crumb Rubber
Bitumen
Filler
Cohesion
UCL Method
Materials bituminosos -- Assaig de materials
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Infraestructures i modelització dels transports
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Sumario:The aim of this paper is to study the influence of crumb rubber on the improvement of cohesion provided by bitumen. The UCL Method is a procedure for binder characterization based on the evaluation of the degree of cohesion provided by a set amount of binder to an aggregate of a set grading (standard mixture). This method can be used to evaluate both, the dry and the wet adding procedures. The results obtained show that the wet procedure presents clear advantages over the dry procedure with and without digestion, especially when the binders are manufactured by microscopic dispersion.