Evaluation of Plus Grades of Performance Graded (PG) Asphalt Binder

Xie, Ning; Shi, Xianming

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Evaluation of Plus Grades of Performance Graded (PG) Asphalt Binder

2014-06-30
By Xie, Ning ; Shi, Xianming

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Creators:

Xie, Ning ; Shi, Xianming
Corporate Creators:

Western Transportation Institute
Corporate Contributors:

New Mexico. Department of Transportation. Research Bureau ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:

Bituminous Binders Elastomers Multiple Stress Creep Recovery Pavement Performance Polymer Asphalt Rubber Specifications
Publication/ Report Number:

NM14-MSC-01-008
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States ; New Mexico
Edition:

Jan.16th, 2014 – Jun. 30th, 2014
Corporate Publisher:

New Mexico. Department of Transportation
Abstract:

The Western Transportation Institute (WTI) conducted research on behalf of the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) to document current knowledge and practice related to evaluation of plus grades of performance graded (PG) asphalt binder, with a focus on the scenarios of interest to NMDOT. This synthesis mainly includes a discussion of the following issues: history of polymer modified binders (PMBs) for asphalt pavement, selection of polymer for asphalt modification, evaluation of PMB properties, binder specifications for PMBs, cost analysis, recommendations, and future work. Recent years have seen the introduction of PG Plus Binders, the success of which hinges on the use of elastomer and/or rubber for binder modification. NMDOT is strongly recommended to apply elastomer modification right now while optimizing the formulation and adopt Multiple Stress Creep Recovery (MSCR) into the binder specification and implement plus grades of PG asphalt binder, in light of very small cost increase (less than 5%) and significant performance improvements (over 20% life extension) in plus-grade asphalt pavement.
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