Journal
JOURNAL OF ELASTOMERS AND PLASTICS
Volume 46, Issue 5, Pages 448-469Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0095244312469964
Keywords
Polymer modifiers; nonreactive polymers; reactive polymers; bitumen; rheological properties
Funding
- Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia [125-1252971-2578]
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This article presents an investigation about the polymer-modified bitumens (PMBs) containing styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) block copolymers with different structures, linear (SBS-L) and radial (SBS-R), semicrystalline copolymer ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), and terpolymer ethylene-butyl acrylate-glycidyl methacrylate, Elvaloy AM and Elvaloy 4170. The aim of the study was to establish the influence of the polymer type and content on the properties of PMBs for engineering applications and to evaluate the effectiveness of polymer modifiers. The results indicated that the polymer modification improved the rheological properties of bitumen, increased critical temperature, that is better resistance to permanent deformation was achieved as well as a wider temperature range in service. The degree of improvement generally increased with the polymer content but varied with the polymer type.
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