Using recycled taconite as alternative aggregate in asphalt pavements

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3070-3078

  Velasquez, Raul ^a   Turos, Mugurel ^a   Moon, Ki Hoon ^a   Zanko, Larry ^b   Marasteanu, Mihai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Aggregates; Asphalt mixtures; Dynamic modulus; Indirect tensile test; Recycled materials; Semi circular bending test; Taconite; TSRST

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT MIXTURES; DYNAMIC MODULUS; INDIRECT TENSILE TEST; RECYCLED MATERIALS; SEMI-CIRCULAR BENDING TEST; TACONITE; TSRST;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTICS; ASPHALT; ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; BENDING TESTS; CONCRETES; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; IRON ORES; MINING; MIXTURES; RECYCLING; ROADS AND STREETS; TENSILE TESTING; TESTING; TRANSPORTATION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 67349264105     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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