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Review of Overseas Trials of Warm Mix Asphalt Pavements and Current Usage by Austroads Members

This report presents a review of field trials of WMA technologies conducted in various countries in the world, with the emphasis on performance differences between WMA and conventional HMA and the identification of field performance data that could…

Field Validation of Warm Mix Asphalt Pavements

This report describes the planning and conduct of a validation trial of three warm mix asphalt surfacings (chemical additive, polymer additive, foaming) and a hotmix asphalt ‘control’ surfacing at a site in Melbourne, Australia. Issues addressed…

Carbon and Asphalt: A Review of Environmental Factors Including Emission Calculators
This report provides input to the Austroads project Performance of Warm Mix Asphalt Pavements. It involves a literature review of existing CO2-e emission calculators applicable to road construction (using asphalt products) with a view to…
Aggregate Wetting and Initial Adhesion of Sprayed Sealing Binders

Cutting solvents have been traditionally added to binders used in sprayed sealing in Australia and New Zealand to ensure that effective adhesion occurs between binder and aggregate. Recent Polymer modified binder (PMB) sealing failures, which have…

Fourth National Survey of Australian Bitumens

This report is the fourth in a series which examines the properties of bitumens used in Australia. The bitumen testing program was undertaken to develop a database of selected bitumen samples dating back to 1956. This database has been used to…

The Effects of Heavy Vehicle Single, Tandem and Triaxle Groupings on Sprayed Seal Wear - Stage 1

The majority of sprayed seal design methods around the world are based on the work of Hanson, published in 1935. However, there are growing weaknesses in current sprayed seal design models. Traffic loads have increased, particularly in both the…