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Beware Premature Aging of Binder
Take care with liquid asphalt binder to avoid thermal crack failure
Thermal cracking – also known as low temperature cracking – in bituminous pavements appears as a series of transverse cracks that extend across the pavement surface in response to cold ... Read More...
Cracking Cold
Solving the Riddle of RAP and Thermal Cracking
By Tom Kuennen, Contributing Editor
Use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in hot-, warm- and cold-mix asphalt is growing dramatically, as tests validate its use in ever-increasing quantities.
But there are fears that higher quantities ... Read More...
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