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Published: Građevinar 69 (2017) 2
Paper type: Preliminary report
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Low temperature properties of hot mix asphalts prepared with different polymer modified binders

Taner ALATAŞ, Mesude Yilmaz

Abstract

The low temperature crack propagation resistance of pure and polymer modified mixtures is analysed in the paper by means of linear and nonlinear fracture mechanics. The influence of two bitumen-modification binders is considered: styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) and ethylene-vinyl-acetate (EVA). The experiments demonstrated that the fracture toughness values increase, and the maximum vertical strain values decrease, with a decrease in temperature. It was established by both techniques used in the paper that the lowest fracture toughness was obtained using the EVA binder.

Keywords
hot mix asphalt, low temperature performance, modification, fracture toughness

HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE:

ALATAŞ, T., Yilmaz, M.: Low temperature properties of hot mix asphalts prepared with different polymer modified binders, GRAĐEVINAR, 69 (2017) 2, pp. 93-104, doi: https://doi.org/10.14256/JCE.1517.2015

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ALATAŞ, T., Yilmaz, M. (2017). Low temperature properties of hot mix asphalts prepared with different polymer modified binders, GRAĐEVINAR, 69 (2), 93-104, doi: https://doi.org/10.14256/JCE.1517.2015

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Taner ALATAŞ
Firat University, Turkey
Faculty of Civil Engineering
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Mesude Yilmaz
General Directorate of Highways, Turkey