Warm-mix asphalt : European practice.

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• Creators:
  D’Angelo, John ; Harm, Eric ; Bartoszek, John ; Baumgardner, Gaylon ; Corrigan, Matthew ; Cowsert, Jack ; Harman, Thomas ; Jamshidi, Mostafa ; Jones, Wayne ; Newcomb, Dave ; Prowell, Brian ; Sines, Ron ; Yeaton, Bruce
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• Corporate Creators:
  American Trade Initiatives, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of International Programs ; United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Policy ; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) ; National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Asphalt pavements
  • Pavement design
  • Paving
  • Road construction
  • Environmental impacts
  • Hot mix asphalt
  • Warm mix paving mixtures Pavements, Asphalt--Performance--Europe
  • Pavements, Asphalt--Environmental aspects--Europe
  • Pavements, Asphalt--Europe--Design and construction
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-PL-08-007
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Europe
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of International Programs
• Abstract:
  Warm-mix asphalt (WMA) is a group of technologies that allow a reduction in the temperatures at which ; asphalt mixes are produced and placed. These technologies tend to reduce the viscosity of the asphalt and ; provide for the complete coating of aggregates at lower temperatures. WMA is produced at temperatures ; 20 to 55 °C (35 to 100 °F) lower than typical hot-mix asphalt (HMA). In 2007, a team of U.S. materials ; experts visited Belgium, France, Germany, and Norway to evaluate various WMA technologies through ; the Federal Highway Administration’s International Technology Scanning Program. ; The scan team learned that the benefits of WMA technologies include reduced fuel usage and emissions in ; support of sustainable development, improved field compaction, which can facilitate longer haul distances ; and cool weather pavement, and better working conditions. A range of technologies is available to produce ; WMA. European agencies expect WMA performance to be the same as or better than the performance ; of HMA. Although several areas need to be addressed as these technologies are adapted to U.S. materials ; and production practices, the scan team believes that the United States has no long-term barriers to WMA ; use. With additional research and trials, the team expects that highway agencies will allow WMA as an ; alternative to HMA.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-99-C-005
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/772/dot_772_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.72 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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