Rheological Examination of Aging in Polymer-Modified Asphalt
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 28, Issue 2
Abstract
Polymers are commonly used to modify asphalt binder in order to satisfy the performance-grade binder’s rheological properties, such as shear, storage, loss, and bending stiffness. However, it is not known what types and percentages of polymers affect these properties under conditions of aging. To this end, base asphalt binders were modified with styrene-butadiene and styrene-butadiene-styrene polymers at 3, 4, and 5% and then aged in the laboratory using a rolling thin film oven for short-term aging, a pressure aging vessel for long-term aging, and a draft oven for intermediate aging. The stiffness properties of the modified binders were determined using dynamic shear rheometer (DSR), multiple-stress creep recovery (MSCR), Brookfield rotational viscometer (RV), and bending beam rheometer (BBR) tests. Comparison of aging indexes for storage and loss modulus indicated that aging increases the elastic or storage component more than the viscous or loss component of the complex shear modulus. It was shown that increasing the percentage of polymer results in a decrease in aging for both SB- and SBS-modified binders. Those modified with SB are more resistant to aging than are those modified with SBS.
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Acknowledgments
The work reported herein is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF Grant # 0900778; Infrastructure Materials and Structural Mechanics). Special thanks to Ms. Angelica Alvarado of the Holly Asphalt Company, Albuquerque, NM, for supplying asphalt binders and polymers, and to Robert Sandoval, Asphalt Binder Laboratory supervisor at NMDOT for helping with the binder tests.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 28 • Issue 2 • February 2016
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Received: Sep 7, 2014
Accepted: May 1, 2015
Published online: Jul 22, 2015
Discussion open until: Dec 22, 2015
Published in print: Feb 1, 2016
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