Effect of Binder Rheology on the Low-Temperature Cracking of Asphalt Mixtures

Road Materials and Pavement Design

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-47

  Lu, Xiaohu ^a   Isacsson, Ulf ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asphalt mixtures; Bitumens; Low temperature cracking; Polymer modified binders; Rheology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010583767     PISSN: 14680629     EISSN: 21647402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14680629.2001.9689893     Document Type: Article

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