Print Email Facebook Twitter Epoxy modified bitumen Title Epoxy modified bitumen: Chemical hardening and its interpretation Author Apostolidis, P. (TU Delft Pavement Engineering) Pipintakos, G. (TU Delft Pavement Engineering) Liu, X. (TU Delft Pavement Engineering) van de Ven, Martin (TU Delft Pavement Engineering) Erkens, S. (TU Delft Pavement Engineering) Scarpas, Athanasios (TU Delft Pavement Engineering; Khalifa University of Science and Technology) Contributor Masad, Eyad (editor) Bhasin, Amit (editor) Scarpas, Tom (editor) Menapace, Ilaria (editor) Kumar, Anupam (editor) Date 2018 Abstract Epoxy modified bitumen (EMB) is a promising technology for long lasting paving materials ensuring higher resistance to rutting, oxygen- and moisture-induced damage. In this paper, an analysis of the chemical reactions that take place during the chemical hardening process (curing) of epoxy modified bitumenwas conducted by means of Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer. For various amount of epoxy resin modification in bitumen, the hardening process was evaluated under various conditions. The fluctuation of the most crucial chemical groups occurring during the hardening process was identified and discussed. After the interpretation of chemical hardening, the critical hardening conditions were determined and fatigue tests were performed by Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR). Comparison with the unmodified bitumen shows that the fatigue resistance of epoxy modified binders improved significantly with increasing the amount of the epoxy resin in bitumen. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:aea9802c-2d47-43e1-916a-9be0364e2af4 DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429457791 Publisher CRC Press ISBN 9781138313095 Source Advances in Materials and Pavement Prediction: Papers from the International Conference on Advances in Materials and Pavement Performance Prediction (AM3P 2018), April 16-18, 2018, Doha, Qatar Event AM3P 2018: International Conference on Advances in Materials and Pavement Performance Prediction, 2018-04-16 → 2018-04-18, Doha, Qatar Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2018 P. Apostolidis, G. Pipintakos, X. Liu, Martin van de Ven, S. Erkens, Athanasios Scarpas Files PDF apoemb.pdf 434.58 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:aea9802c-2d47-43e1-916a-9be0364e2af4/datastream/OBJ/view