Proceedings of the RILEM International Symposium on Bituminous Materials: ISBM Lyon 2020 (RILEM Bookseries Book 27)

Preface Logos and Sponsors Contents RILEM Publications Technical Committee 264-RAP (“Asphalt Pavement Recycling”) Effect of Aging on the Rheological Properties of Blends of Virgin and Rejuvenated RA Binders 1 Introduction 2 Experimentation 2.1 Materials 2.2 Testing Plan 3 Results and Analysis 3.1 Penetration Value and Softening Point 3.2 Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR) Results 4 Conclusions References Experimental Investigation on Water Loss and Stiffness of CBTM Using Different RA Sources 1 Introduction 2 Materials 3 Testing Methods and Procedures 4 Results 4.1 Water Loss 4.2 ITSM 5 Conclusions References International Evaluation of the Performance of Warm Mix Asphalts with High Reclaimed Asphalt Content 1 Introduction 2 Inter-laboratory Testing Program 2.1 General Principle 2.2 Material 2.3 RA Characterization 2.4 Mix Design 2.5 Tests and Results 2.6 Comments on the Results 3 Conclusion References Technical Committee 272-PIM (“Phase and Interphase Behaviour of Bituminous Materials”) Interlaboratory Test to Characterize the Cyclic Behavior of Bituminous Interlayers: An Overview of Testing Equipment and Protocols 1 Introduction 2 Testing Equipment and Protocols of Participating Laboratories 3 Preliminary Results 4 Conclusions References Complex Bituminous Binders, Are Current Test Methods Suitable for? 1 Introduction 2 Experimental Plan 3 Results 4 Conclusion References Technical Committee 278-CHA (“Crack-Healing of Asphalt Pavement Materials”) Terms and Definitions on Crack-Healing and Restoration of Mechanical Properties in Bituminous Materials 1 Introduction 2 Rheological Response of Bituminous Materials to Cyclic Loading 3 Continuum Damage Mechanics Versus Fracture Mechanics 4 Restoration and Crack-Healing During Rest 5 Conclusion: Proposed Definitions References Testing Methods to Assess Healing Potential of Bituminous Binders 1 Introduction 2 Materials 3 Testing Methods 3.1 TS-SRP 3.2 TS-MRP 3.3 LASH 4 Preliminary Results and Concluding Remarks References Other Conference Papers A Comparative Study of RTFO, PAV and UV Aging Using FT-IRS and DSR Tests 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 2.1 Asphalt Binder 2.2 UV and Oven Aging Simulation Test in the Laboratory 2.3 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IRS) Test 2.4 Experimental Plan 3 Result and Discussion 3.1 Analysis of Carbonyl and Sulfoxide Content 3.2 C=O and S=O Indices of Aged Asphalt Binder at Similar Stiffness 4 Conclusion References A Critical Analysis of the Standard Used to Evaluate De-icing Damage in Asphalt Materials 1 Introduction 2 Experimental Testing 3 Simulation of Test 4 Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Work References A Laboratory Procedure for Improving the Design of Road Rehabilitation Actions: Study of a Real Case in a Highway Pavement 1 Introduction 2 Description of the Laboratory Procedure 3 Application Example: Study of a Real Case in a Highway Pavement 4 Conclusions References A Literature Review of Bitumen Aging: From Laboratory Procedures to Field Evaluation 1 Introduction 2 Accelerated Laboratory Aging Protocols 3 Aging Indexes and Relationship with Field-Aging 3.1 Chemical Indexes 3.2 Physical Indexes 3.3 Physical and Chemical Coupling Approaches 4 Conclusion References A Method to Reduce Occlusion While Measuring Pavement Surface Profiles Using Triangulation Based Laser Scanners 1 Introduction 2 Background and Scope 3 Experimental Work 4 Discussion References A New Approach to Calibration and Use of Mechanistic-Empirical Design Methods 1 Background 2 CalME Mechanistic-Empirical Design Software 3 Observations Leading to New Calibration Method 3.1 Calibration Steps 4 Conclusions References A New Approach Towards Scientific Evaluation and Performance-Related Design of Bituminous Joint Sealing Materials and Constructions 1 Introduction 2 Decisive Influences on Joint Sealings 2.1 Loads Induced by Weather 2.2 Loads Induced by Traffic 2.3 Other Loads 3 Design of Test Specimen 3.1 Concrete Mixture 3.2 Representative Dimensions of Specimen 4 An Approach Towards More Realistic Functional Testing 5 Conclusion and Outlook References A New Bituminous Ballast-Less and Sleeper-Less Thin Railway Track Structure 1 Introduction 2 The Bituminous GB5® Slab with Corkelast® ERS 3 Validation as Rail Fastening System for Heavy Rail Application 4 Conclusions References A New Method for Healing Quantification of Bituminous Materials 1 Introduction 1.1 Viscoplastic Strain, Damage and Healing 2 Materials 3 Experimental Investigation 4 Results and Discussion 4.1 Normalised Strain Recovery 4.2 Estimation of Viscoelastic and Viscoplastic Strain Components 4.3 Generation of Healing Curves 5 Summary References A Numerical Model to Predict the Thermo-Viscoelastic Behaviour of Asphalt Concrete for Electric Road System 1 Electric Road System 2 Thermo-Viscoelastic Simulations 3 Results and Analyses 4 Conclusions References A Numerical Study of the Influence of Aggregates Shape on Creep and Recovery Tests Behavior 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Model Construction, Calibration and Validation 3 Results and Discussions References A Simpler Method for Establishing an Approximate Value of Built-in Temperature Differential in Concrete Pavement 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Objective and Scope 4 Methodology Adopted 5 Observations and Discussion 6 Conclusions References A Study on Fatigue Behaviour of Bitumen Emulsion Mastic, Modified with Active Fillers 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Experiments 2.1 Basic Materials 2.2 Mastic Preparation 2.3 Testing Program 2.4 Data Analysis Approach 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References A Study on the Properties of Polyurethane-Elastomer-Modified Asphalt 1 Introduction 2 Experimental 2.1 Materials 2.2 Preparation of the Polyurethane Elastomer Modifier 2.3 Preparation of Modified Asphalt 2.4 Characterization 3 Result and Discussion 3.1 Basic Properties of Modified Asphalt 3.2 Analysis of Infrared Spectroscopy 3.3 Analysis of Fluorescence Microscopy 3.4 Analysis of Rheological Properties 4 Conclusion References A Wear-Based Description of Mechanisms Underlying the Bitumen Removal Process 1 Introduction 2 Experimental Program 2.1 Simulation of Wear in Laboratory 2.2 Test Method 3 Results 3.1 Evolutions of Friction and Texture 3.2 Visual Observations 3.3 Characterization by an Energy Approach 3.4 Discussions 4 Conclusions References Active Mitigation of Low-Temperature Cracking in Asphalt Pavements 1 Introduction 2 Thermomechanical Modeling 2.1 Thermal Formulation 2.2 Simulated Weather Conditions 2.3 Mechanical Formulation 2.4 Modeling of an Idealized Case 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusion References Ageing Behavior of Porous and Dense Asphalt Mixtures in the Field 1 Introduction 2 Test Section and Experimental Method 2.1 Asphalt Mixture Design 2.2 Overview of the Test Section 2.3 UV Reflective Glass-Plate 2.4 Cyclic Indirect Tensile Test 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 Field Ageing Behavior 3.2 UV Ageing Behavior 4 Conclusions References An Attempt to Characterize the RAP Material for Hot Recycled Mix Design Purposes 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methodology 2.1 Materials 2.2 Fragmentation Test 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References An Attempt to Distinguish Thermal from Oxidative Ageing of Asphalt Binders by NRTFOT 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Material 2.2 Methods 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 MCR 3.2 FTIR 4 Conclusion References An Interlaboratory Test Program on the Extensive Use of Waste Aggregates in Asphalt Mixtures: Preliminary Steps 1 Introduction 2 Background, Objective and Experimental Approach 3 Results and Analysis 3.1 Aggregate Characterization 3.2 Mix Design 4 Summary and Conclusions References An Investigation on Longitudinal Unevenness Indicators and Their Potential on Surface Characterisation 1 Introduction 2 Longitudinal Profile Indicators 3 Input Data 4 Statistical Comparison 5 Correlations Between Different Indicators 6 Conclusions References An Overview of Black Space Evaluation of Performance and Distress Mechanisms in Asphalt Materials 1 Introduction 2 Damage and Healing 3 Rheological Assessment of Cracking Behavior 4 Rheological Characterization of Alternative Binders 5 Summary References Analysis of a New Approach for Characterizing the Performance of Asphalt Binders Through the Multiple Stress Creep and Recovery Test 1 Introduction 2 Materials 3 Standard MSCR test 4 Uniaxial Repeated Load test 5 The New Approach for MSCR Test 6 Conclusions References Analysis of High Temperature Performance of Composite Asphalt Rubber Mixture 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Experiment 2.1 Materials 2.2 Experimental Sections 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 Dynamic Stability Analysis and Deformation Law 3.2 Rebound Deformation Analysis 3.3 Shear Strength Analysis 4 Conclusions References Analysis of Low Temperature Cracking Behavior at Binder, Mastic and Asphalt Concrete Levels 1 Introduction 2 Material and Test Program 3 Low Temperature Testing of Bitumen and Mastic 3.1 Fracture Toughness Testing (FTT) 3.2 Double Torsion (DTT) 4 Validation Using Small and Medium Scale Performance Testing 5 Conclusions References Analysis of Ovalization Measurements on Flexible Airfield Pavement Under HWD Dynamic Impulse Load 1 Introduction 2 History of the Ovalization Test 3 Ovalization Campaigns for Airfield Pavement Needs 4 New Design Proposals for the Ovalization Device 5 Conclusion References Application of Activated Carbon on Induced Heating-Healing Characteristics of Aged Mixes 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Sample Preparation 3 Testing Methods 3.1 Laboratory Aging 3.2 Microwave Heating 3.3 Cyclic Breaking-Healing 4 Results and Discussion 4.1 Effect of Aging Level on Microwave Heating 4.2 Effect of Aging Level on Induced Healing 5 Conclusions References Application of the Synthetics Geo-Composites in the Arid Zones for Rehabilitation of the Flexible Pavements Road Experimental Analysis 1 Introduction 2 Application of the Géo-Synthetic in the Linear Infrastructures 3 Experimental Tests 4 Results and Discussions 4.1 Tests to the Laboratory 4.2 Tests of HWD 5 Conclusion References Applying the Grid Method to Study the Mechanical Behavior at Micro Scale of Asphalt Mixtures Containing Reclaimed Asphalt Pavements 1 Introduction 2 Experimental Set-Up and Conditions 2.1 Material and Design 2.2 Loading Conditions 2.3 Outline of the Grid Method 3 Results 3.1 Response at the Macroscopic Scale 3.2 Response at the Microscopical Scale 4 Conclusion References Asphalt Aggregate Adhesion: Study of the Influence of the Morphological, Chemical and Mineralogical Properties of Different Aggregates from Southern Brazil 1 Introduction and Background 1.1 Research Objectives 2 Materials and Test Methods 3 Discussion of Results 4 Concluding Remarks References Asphalt Layers Thickness Determination for Top Down Cracking Initiation and a Case Study 1 Introduction 1.1 Top Down Cracking Identification and Studies 1.2 Scope of the Current Study 2 Methodology Followed 3 Results 4 Case Study 5 Conclusions References Asphalt Permeability In-service: How Can It Be Evaluated Before and After Moisture Damage? 1 Background 1.1 Asphalt Performance Properties 1.2 Routine Testing for Moisture Damage 2 Development of Test Procedures 3 Experimental Methods and Findings 3.1 Experimental Strategy 3.2 Research Findings 4 Implementation of Outcomes References Assessing Geometric Features Impact of Laboratory Specimens on ITS Variation 1 Introduction 2 Materials 3 Methods 4 Experimental Program 4.1 Mix Design 4.2 Indirect Tensile Strength (ITS) 4.3 ANOVA Statistical Method 5 Results and Analysis 6 Conclusions References Assessment of Tensile Strength Reserve of Asphalt Mixtures at Low Temperatures 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Assessment of the Behavior of Emulsified Asphalt Mixes During Curing 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Results 3.1 Water Loss 3.2 Oedometric Tests 3.3 Curing and Mechanical Characterization 4 Conclusion References Characterization of Aluminosilicate-Based Warm-Mix Asphalt Additive Using Experimental Techniques 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Reagents 2.2 Synthesis of Asphalt Foaming Additive: STEAM 2.3 Materials Characterization 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions and Future Scope References Characterization of Layer Index in Bituminous Pavement Using Mechanistic-Empirical Approach Based on Concentration Factor in a Layered System 1 Introduction 2 Objective of Present Work 3 Flexible Pavement with Three Layered System 3.1 Odemark’s Method for Transformation of Layered System 3.2 Determination of Concentration Factor Using Vertical Interface Stress 4 Determination of Pavement Surface Deflection 5 Characterization of Deflection Bowl 6 Discussion on Test Results 7 Conclusions References Characterization of Rejuvenated Asphalt Binders Using FTIR and AFM Techniques 1 Introduction 2 Experimental Design 2.1 Material Collection 2.2 Chemical Characterization and Modification 2.3 Blending of Rejuvenators and Asphalt Binder 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 Effect of Rejuvenators on Asphalt Oxidative Potential 3.2 Effect of Rejuvenators on Asphalt Morphologies 4 Conclusions References Characterization of the Lateritic Soil of Kamboinsé (Burkina Faso) 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Materials 2.2 Methods 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 Raw Materials 3.2 Improved Cement Laterite 3.3 Litho-Stabilized Laterite 4 Conclusion References Circular Accelerated Surfacing Tester (CAST) for Evaluating Chip Sealing Binders 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 2.1 Circular Accelerated Surfacing Tester (CAST) 2.2 Materials and Test Standards 2.3 Stereo-Photogrammetric Image Analysis 2.4 Results and Discussion 3 Conclusion References Coefficient of Thermal Expansion and Thermally Induced Internal Cracking of Asphalt Mixes 1 Introduction 2 Objectives 3 Materials 4 Test Methods 5 Results and Discussion 6 Summary and Conclusions References Combined Recycling of RAS and RAP: Experimental and Modeling Approach 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Materials and Methodology 4 Results and Discussion 5 Conclusion and Perspectives References Combined Use of Natural Rubber, Biomass and Plastic Wastes in Bitumen Modification and Flexible Pavement Construction 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Materials 2.2 Preparation of Soda Lignin 2.3 Preparation of Natural Rubber-Lignin Mixture for Bitumen Modification 2.4 Modification of Bitumen and Specification Properties 2.5 Analysis of Prepared Samples and Construction of Experimental Pavement 3 Result and Discussion 4 Conclusion References Comparative Evaluation of Different Methods for Assessing the Glass Transition Temperature of Bituminous Binders 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Experimental Results 3.1 DMA 3.2 TMA 4 Conclusions References Comparative Study of the Mechanical Behaviour of Bitumen- and Cement-Dominated Mixtures with Reclaimed Asphalt 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Comparing Compressive and Flexural Dynamic Asphalt Modulus by Statistical and Neural Network Modelling 1 Introduction 2 Material and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusion References Comparing Laboratory Curing and In-Pavement Curing of a Foamed Bitumen Stabilized Base Course Material 1 Background 2 Method 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusion References Comparing Wet Mixed and Dry Mixed Binder Modification with Recycled Waste Plastic 1 Introduction 2 Background 2.1 Recycled Plastic as a Binder Extender and Modifier 2.2 Wet Mixing and Dry Mixing Processes 3 Methods 4 Results and Discussion 5 Conclusion References Comparison Between Rheological Behavior of a Neat Asphalt Binder and a Bio-Binder from Renewable Source 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Comparison of Alternate Binder Aging Methods 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Comparison of Different DSR Protocols to Characterise Asphalt Binders 1 Introduction 2 Experiment 3 Results 4 Conclusion References Comparison of the Effects of Hydrated Lime on the Moisture-Induced Damage of Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) Mixtures 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Materials 2.2 Mixture Design 2.3 Saturated Ageing Tensile Stiffness (SATS) 3 Test Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Comprehensive Model for the Prediction of the Phase Angle Master Curve of Asphalt Concrete Mixes 1 Introduction 2 Data Source, Model Specification, and Estimation 2.1 Data Sources 2.2 Lorentzian Master Curve 2.3 Predictive Model 2.4 Estimation Results 3 Conclusion References Crack Evolution of Bitumen Under Torsional Shear Fatigue Loads 1 Introduction 2 Modelling Fatigue Crack Evolution in Bitumen 3 Materials and Laboratory Tests 4 Results and Discussion 5 Conclusions References Crack Self-healing in Asphalt as a Flow Process 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Materials 2.2 Characterisation of Self-healing and Flow 3 Results 3.1 Self-healing of Asphalt Mixture with Porous Aggregates 3.2 Self-healing of Asphalt Mortar Beams and the Composition of the Drained Mixture 4 Conclusions References Cracked Asphalt Pavement Behaviour Under Thermal and Load Cycles – Laboratory Investigation Using Accelerated Loading System 1 Introduction 2 Experiment Description 2.1 Pavement Structure 2.2 Thermomechanical Properties of HMA and Fatigue Pavement Design 2.3 Strain Gauges 2.4 Experimental Protocol 3 Preliminary Results 3.1 TML Response Before the Creation of the Idealized Transverse Crack 3.2 TML Response After the Creation of the Idealized Transverse Crack 4 Conclusion References Cracking Healing Evaluation of HMA Using Indirect Tensile Stiffness Modulus Test 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 2.1 Materials and Mix Designs 2.2 Study Specimens 2.3 Healing Evaluation Procedure 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 Evaluation of Stiffness Modulus 3.2 Time and Binder Type Effect on Stiffness Recovery 4 Conclusions References Creep Properties of Asphalt Binder, Asphalt Mastic and Asphalt Mixture 1 Background and Objective 2 Methodology and Testing 3 Results 4 Summary and Conclusions References Critical Reclaimed Asphalts Binders’ Properties from Empirical and Functional Point of View 1 Introduction 2 Research Objectives 3 Materials and Methods 4 Test Results and Discussion 5 Conclusions References Degree of Binder Activity on 100% Recycled Mixtures and Its Linear Viscoelasticity Behavior 1 Introduction 2 Degree of Binder Activity Determination 2.1 RAP Materials 2.2 Artificial Aged Binder and Mixture 2.3 Indirect Tensile Test and Degree of Binder Activity 2.4 Results and Discussion 3 Experimental Study in the Linear Viscoelastic Domain 3.1 Samples 3.2 Complex Modulus and 2S2P1D Modelling 3.3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Determination of Epoxy Resin Concentration in Epoxy Modified Bitumens 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 2.1 Preparation of Standards 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 Epoxy Concentration by the FTIR Method 3.2 Epoxy Concentration by the FNAA Method 3.3 Comparison of FTIR and FNAA Methods 3.4 Precision 4 Conclusion References Determination of Thermal Stresses in Asphalt Layers as a Problem of Thermo-elasticity and Unsteady Heat Flow 1 Introduction 2 Theoretical and Finite Element Formulation of the Problem 3 Analyzed Pavement Structures and Material Data 4 Presentation of the Results 5 Conclusions References Determining the Prominence of Texture Scales on Road Skid Resistance 1 Introduction 2 Specimens of Real Road and Artificial Surfaces 3 Decomposition of the Surface Profiles and Creation of the New Profiles 4 Results and Discussion 5 Conclusion References Development of Permanent Deformation Models with the Inclusion of AIMS Coarse Aggregate Angularity 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 2.1 Materials, Mix Designs and Sample Preparation 2.2 Performance Testing Evaluation 3 HMA Permanent Deformation Model 3.1 Multiple Non-linear Regression Models (MNLR) 3.2 Soft Computing Models 3.3 Parametric and Sensitivity Analysis 4 Conclusions References Discrete Modelling of 2PB Complex Modulus Test of Hot Asphalt Mixes Using Irregular Aggregates 1 Introduction 2 Experimental Procedures 2.1 Complex Modulus Test 3 Numerical Procedures 3.1 Sample Preparation 3.2 Complex Modulus Test Modelling 4 Calibration of the Numerical Modelling 5 Conclusions References Effect of Ageing Kinetics on the Rheological Properties of Bituminous Binders and Mixes: Experimental Study and Multi-scale Modeling 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Mix Design 2.1 Materials Properties 2.2 Ageing of Asphalt Mixture 2.3 Ageing of Bitumen 3 Rheological Tests 3.1 Mixes Rheological Tests 3.2 Properties of Bitumen 4 Multiscale Modeling 5 Conclusion References Effect of Fiberglass Geogrid Reinforcement to Fatigue Resistance of Bituminous Mixtures 1 Introduction 2 Specimens Preparation and Experimental Devices 3 Results and Analysis 4 Conclusions References Effect of Filler Type and Content on the Rheological Properties of Asphalt Mastics 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Experimental Investigation 2.1 Material 2.2 Characterization of Fillers 2.3 Design of Asphalt Concrete Mix 2.4 Preparation and Testing of Asphalt Mastics 3 Results and Discussions 3.1 Performance of Asphalt Mastics 4 Conclusions References Effect of RAP and Binder Properties on Indirect Tensile Strength and Dynamic Modulus of Cold Recycled Foamed Asphalt Mixtures with High RAP Content 1 Motivation and Objective 2 Materials 2.1 RAP 2.2 Foamed Asphalt 2.3 Cold Recycled Foamed Asphalt Mixtures 3 Methodology 3.1 Indirect Tensile Strength 3.2 Dynamic Modulus 4 Results and Discussions 4.1 Indirect Tensile Strength 4.2 Dynamic Modulus 5 Conclusions References Effect of RAP Gradation on Fracture Tolerance of Asphalt Mixtures 1 Introduction 2 Materials 3 Experimental Design 4 Results and Discussion 5 Conclusion and Recommendation References Effect of Soybean Oil Derived Additives on Improved Performance of Polymer-Modified Asphalt Binder and Mix Containing 50% Fine-Graded RAP 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Experimental Methods 3 Results and Analysis 4 Conclusions and Future Recommendations References Effect of Temperature on Self-healing Properties of Bituminous Binders 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Effect of Thermal Ageing on the Mechanical Properties and Cracking Behaviour of Asphalt Concrete 1 Introduction 2 Rheological and Crack Growth Properties of Asphalt Concrete 2.1 Materials and Method 2.2 Laboratory Ageing Procedure and Specimen Preparation 2.3 Complex Modulus Test 2.4 Semi-Circular Bending (SCB) Test 2.5 Experimental Results and Discussion 3 Viscoelastic Crack Growth Modelling 4 Comparison Between Numerical Model and Experiments 5 Conclusion References Effects of Adding a Geotextile into a Pavement Structure on FWD Experimental Data and Estimated Pavement Remaining Service Life 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Results and Analysis 4 Conclusion References Effects of Aggregate Shape Parameters and Gradation on High-Modulus Asphalt Mix Performance 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Aggregate Shape Parameters Determination Using Image Analysis 2.2 Sample Preparation and Test Methods 3 Results and Discussions 4 Conclusions References Effects of Binder Content, Filler Content, Air Void and Modification on Damage Characteristics of Asphalt Mix Under Fatigue Loading 1 Introduction 2 Materials 3 Test Methods 4 Methodology 5 Results and Discussion 6 Conclusion References Effects of Chemical and Microstructural Constituents on the Healing Characteristics of Asphalt Binders 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Binders 2.2 Test methods 3 Results 3.1 Effects of the Chemical Composition on the Healing Potential 3.2 AFM x Healing 4 Conclusions References Effects of Water Saturation and Freeze-Thaw Cycles on Fatigue Behavior of Bituminous Mixtures 1 Introduction 2 Specimen Preparation and Conditioning 2.1 Specimen Fabrication 2.2 Specimen Conditioning 3 Fatigue Test and Experimental Devices 3.1 Fatigue Failure Criteria 3.2 Wöhler Curve 4 Conclusions References Efficiency of Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Test in the Determination of Residual Asphalt Mix Pavement Properties 1 Introduction 2 Material and Experimental Methodology 3 Results and Discussions 3.1 SNR Effects on TOF Determination and Waves Cartographies 3.2 Wave Propagation Theory and Mechanical Properties Cartographies 4 Conclusion References Elasto-Plastic Model for Bitumen Stabilized Materials Using Triaxial Testing and Finite Element Modelling 1 Introduction 2 Laboratory Tests 2.1 Mixtures Design 2.2 Laboratory Methodology 2.3 Triaxial Test Setup 2.4 Resilient Modulus Testing 3 Finite Element Elasto-Plastic Model 3.1 ABAQUS Model Creation 3.2 Model Calibration 3.3 Model Validation 3.4 Hardening Effect and Cohesion Variation 4 Results 4.1 ABAQUS Curves Versus Laboratory Curves 5 Conclusion References Empirical, Rheological and Chemical Properties of Aged Binder with Rejuvenators at Different Ageing Levels 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 Empirical Properties 3.2 Rheological Properties 3.3 Chemical Properties 4 Conclusion References Enhanced Models for Vehicle Fuel Consumption for Life Cycle Assessment of Pavements 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 3 Illustrative Highway Scenarios 3.1 SLDV Scenarios 3.2 LLDV and Two Axle Truck Scenarios 3.3 Bus and Combination Truck Scenarios 4 Fuel Economy Prediction Results 4.1 SLDV Midsize Vehicles 4.2 SLDV Large Sedan Vehicles 4.3 LLDV Large SUV and Two Axle Class 5 Truck Vehicles 4.4 City Bus and Combination Truck Tractor-Trailer Vehicles 5 Summary References Enhanced Self-healing Properties in Stone Mastic Asphalt with Encapsulated Bitumen Rejuvenators 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Materials 2.2 Sunflower Oil Encapsulation Procedure 2.3 Fatigue Tests 2.4 Self-healing Measurements 3 Results and Discussion 4 Conclusions References Establishing Correlations Between Force Ductility and DSR Parameters of Asphalt Emulsion Residues 1 Introduction 1.1 Objective 2 Materials and Experimental Plan 3 Results and Discussions 4 Conclusion References Estimation of Complex Shear Modulus of Binder Blends Produced with RAP Binder and Rejuvenator 1 Introduction 2 Materials 3 Complex Shear Modulus Test Results 4 Estimation Methods 4.1 Approach I 4.2 Approach II 4.3 Estimation Results 5 Conclusions References Estimation of Fatigue Damage in Bituminous Mixes Using Digital Image Processing 1 Introduction 2 Objective 3 Experimental Investigations 3.1 Materials 3.2 Experiments 3.3 Monitoring of Fatigue Damage in ITFT Specimens 4 Results and Discussion 4.1 ITS and ITFT Results 4.2 Relationship Between Crack Area and the Loading Cycles 5 Conclusions 6 Future Work References Estimation of Glassy Modulus and Differences Between Analysis Methods with Consideration of Aging 1 Introduction 2 Changes of Gg and Other Parameters with Conditioning 3 Summary References Evaluate the Impact of the Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Binder Activation on its Shape Properties 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Methods 2.1 Method 3 Results 4 Conclusions References Evaluating the Cracking Performance of Asphalt Mixes Using Four-point Beam Fatigue and Semicircular Beam Testing 1 Introduction 2 Material and Methods 3 Test Results and Analysis 4 Conclusion References Evaluation of Aging Processes in Binders Stabilised from Cationic Bituminous Emulsion 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Testing Methods 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 Conventional Properties of Bituminous Binders 3.2 Rheological Properties of Bituminous Binders 4 Summary and Conclusions References Evaluation of Cracking Performance Indices from Disk-Shaped Compact Tension Testing 1 Introduction and Background 2 Materials and Pavement Sections 3 Performance Indexes from DCT Fracture Test 4 Field Performance 5 Results and Discussion 6 Summary and Conclusions References Evaluation of Engineered Crumb Rubber (ECR) Performance Characteristics, Including Warm-Mix Equivalence with Polymer, Draindown Prevention, and Release Enhancement 1 Introduction 2 Objectives 3 Materials Tested 4 Mixture Performance Testing 4.1 Mixture Performance Test Results 4.2 Draindown Test 5 Warm Mix Equivalence 6 Summary and Conclusions References Evaluation of Epoxy Asphalt Binders for Open-Graded Friction Course (OGFC) Application 1 Background 1.1 Literature Review 2 Objective and Scope 3 Laboratory Test Results 3.1 Curing Behavior 3.2 Performance Grading 3.3 Fatigue and Aging Resistance 4 Conclusions References Evaluation of Fracture Resistance of SMA Mixtures with Various Percentages of TLA-RAP Through the Semi-circular Bend (SCB) Test 1 Introduction 2 Methodology 2.1 Materials and Sample Preparation 2.2 Performance Testing Evaluation 3 Results and Discussion 3.1 Stress-Strain Behaviour 3.2 Fracture Factors Versus RAP Content 4 Conclusions References Evaluation of Laboratory and Field Performance of Cold In-Place Recycling (CIR) Asphalt Mixtures 1 Introduction 2 Goal and Objectives 3 Experimental Plan 4 Results and Discussion 4.1 Laboratory Results 4.2 Field Results 5 Conclusions References Evaluation of Long Term Performance of High Modulus Bituminous Mixes 1 Introduction 2 Scope of the Work 3 Materials and Experimental Work 3.1 Material Selection 3.2 Selection RAP Percentage in the Mix 3.3 Design of Mixes 3.4 Long Term Aging of Mix 3.5 Indirect Tensile Strength Test (ITS) 3.6 Resilient Modulus (Mr) 3.7 Indirect Tensile Fatigue Test (ITFT) 3.8 Moisture Susceptibility 4 Conclusions References Evaluation of Pavement Damage Through the Analysis of Asphalt Layer Modulus and Strain Evolutions During an Accelerated Pavement Test 1 Introduction 2 Presentation of the Full-Scale Test 3 Pavement Damage Evaluation from FWD Tests 3.1 Backcalculation of Asphalt Layer Moduli 3.2 Evaluation of Pavement Damage from Asphalt Layer Moduli 4 Pavement Damage Evaluation from Strain Data An