Rheological characterization of styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer modified bitumens

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-32

  Lu, X ^a   Isacsson, U ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanical analysis; Highway materials; Polymer modified bitumens

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COPOLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; STYRENE;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; STYRENE BUTADIENE STYRENE COPOLYMER MODIFIED BITUMENS;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 0031062156     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(96)00033-5     Document Type: Article

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