Rheological evaluation of ethylene vinyl acetate polymer modified bitumens

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 473-487

  Airey, Gordon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DSR; Dynamic mechanical analysis; EVA; Polymer modified bitumens

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; COPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; ETHYLENE; MELTING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; SHEAR STRESS; STIFFNESS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

POLYMER MODIFIED BITUMENS; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE COPOLYMERS;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 0036887869     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(02)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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