Fatigue and rheological behaviour of asphalt mixes with recycled polymers modified bitumens

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: BRST950038

Project closed

Start date 23 November 1995

End date 29 January 1997

Funded under

• Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998

Total cost No data

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

Asphaltgesellschaft Richard FelsingerInternational GmbH
Austria

Objective

Higher traffic volume and axle loads (EC-Regulations) require better pavement structures. To meet this requirements our company has developed a method for modifying bitumen with polymers, especially with polyolefins. In the past we made the experience that we do not need necessarily virgin material as a modifying agent, but we can also use-recycled polyolefins. But we also discovered that not every polyolefins material is compatible with every bitumen. To improve the properties of our modified bitumen it is necessary to know more about the chemical and physical reactions taking place between bitumen and polyolefin material. It seems that this reactions affect in an important way the physical behaviour of the polymer modified bitumen. This knowledge will allow us in the future to develop a modified bitumen, which will better meet the required climatic and physical properties with local raw materials available on every construction site.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › chemical sciences › polymer sciences

Programme(s)

• FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 0201 - Materials engineering

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

EAW - Exploratory awards

Coordinator

Asphaltgesellschaft Richard FelsingerInternational GmbH

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 2-10,Triesterstrasse ; 2512 Tribuswinkel - Wienersdorf ; Austria
• Total cost: No data