Measurements of moisture suction and diffusion coefficient in hot-mix asphalt and their relationships to moisture damage

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1970, 2006, Pages 45-54

  Kassem, Emad ^a   Masad, Eyad ^a   Bulut, Rifat ^a   Lytton, Robert ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BINDERS; DIFFUSION; MOISTURE; PSYCHROMETERS;

HOT-MIX ASPHALT (HMA); MOISTURE DAMAGE; MOISTURE SUCTION; SAND ASPHALT;

ASPHALT;

EID: 33847099113     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1970-06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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