Abstract: The proportion of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) bitumen that gets activated and coats the virgin aggregate during the initial stage of plant production of RAP mixes, in which the RAP material is initially mixed with ...

Abstract: Bituminous mixtures recover from fracture damage during rest periods and at high service temperatures due to their self-healing ability. Steric hardening of binders is a time-dependent phenomenon whose effect on the ...