The bitumen batching system's modernization and its effective analysis at the asphalt mixing plant

Transport

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-335

  Bražiunas, Justas ^a   Sivilevičius, Henrikas ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Asphalt mixing plant (AMP); Bitumen batching system (BBS); Bitumen pump; Hot mix asphalt (HMA); Job mix formula (JMF); Mixture; Pipeline transport; Precision; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; ASPHALT MIXTURES; ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; BLENDING; CONCRETES; DIGITAL STORAGE; FITS AND TOLERANCES; MIXING; MIXTURES; MODERNIZATION; PIPELINES;

ACCURACY; ASPHALT MIXING; BATCHING SYSTEM; HOT MIX ASPHALT; JOB MIX FORMULA; PIPELINE TRANSPORT; PRECISION;

ASPHALT CONCRETE;

EID: 78650338771     PISSN: 16484142     EISSN: 16483480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/transport.2010.40     Document Type: Article

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