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52 Citations
7,054 Views
11 Pages

Study of the Diffusion of Rejuvenators and Its Effect on Aged Bitumen Binder

  • Yue Xiao,
  • Chao Li,
  • Miao Wan,
  • Xinxing Zhou,
  • Yefei Wang and
  • Shaopeng Wu

14 April 2017

Aged asphalt mixture is heavily involved in pavement maintenance and renewed construction because of the development of recycling techniques. The aged bitumen binder has partially lost its viscous behavior. Rejuvenators are therefore designed and use...

  • Article
  • Open Access
79 Citations
5,747 Views
19 Pages

Chemical and Rheological Evaluation of Aged Lignin-Modified Bitumen

  • Yi Zhang,
  • Xueyan Liu,
  • Panos Apostolidis,
  • Wolfgang Gard,
  • Martin van de Ven,
  • Sandra Erkens and
  • Ruxin Jing

12 December 2019

As bitumen oxidizes, material stiffening and embrittlement occur, and bitumen eventually cracks. The use of anti-oxidants, such as lignin, could be used to delay oxidative aging and to extend the lifetime of asphalt pavements. In this study, the chem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,863 Views
13 Pages

20 August 2018

DBSA was used as a solubilizer together with conventional rejuvenator (CR) to produce a solubilized rejuvenator (SR), two kinds of aged bitumen involving TFOT aged bitumen and PAV aged bitumen were obtained by thin film oven test (TFOT) and pressuriz...

  • Article
  • Open Access
707 Views
18 Pages

24 October 2025

The ageing of polymer-modified bitumen (PMB) significantly affects its rheological performance and service life in asphalt pavements. In this study, experimental data PMB 25/55–60 aged under a modified Thin Film Oven Test (TFOT) were restructur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
96 Citations
7,709 Views
16 Pages

Effect of Aging on Chemical and Rheological Properties of Bitumen

  • Zhen Yang,
  • Xiaoning Zhang,
  • Zeyu Zhang,
  • Bingjie Zou,
  • Zihan Zhu,
  • Guoyang Lu,
  • Wei Xu,
  • Jiangmiao Yu and
  • Huayang Yu

5 December 2018

Engineering performance of asphalt pavement highly depends on the properties of bitumen, the bonding material to glue aggregates and fillers together. During the service period, bitumen is exposed to sunlight, oxygen and vehicle loading which in turn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,481 Views
11 Pages

Investigation of Ageing in Bitumen Using Fluorescence Spectrum

  • Ning Tang,
  • Yu-Li Yang,
  • Mei-Ling Yu,
  • Wen-Li Wang,
  • Shi-Yue Cao,
  • Qing Wang and
  • Wen-Hao Pan

31 July 2018

Bitumen ageing is a very complex process and poses a threat to the performance of pavements. In the present work, a fluorescence spectrophotometer was employed to research the change rule of components and the structure of bitumen after the ageing pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
5,587 Views
14 Pages

The Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation on Bitumen Aging Depth

  • Jinxuan Hu,
  • Shaopeng Wu,
  • Quantao Liu,
  • Maria Inmaculada García Hernández,
  • Wenbo Zeng,
  • Shuai Nie,
  • Jiuming Wan,
  • Dong Zhang and
  • Yuanyuan Li

7 May 2018

The aging effect of ultraviolet (UV) radiation on bitumen has gained increasing attention from researchers, resulting in the emergence of a new method to simulate the UV aging that occurs during the service life of bitumen. However, the UV aging degr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,629 Views
25 Pages

Study on the Aging Resistance of Polyurethane Precursor Modified Bitumen and its Mechanism

  • Liang Zhang,
  • Pengfei Li,
  • Guanfeng Hu,
  • Sufeng Zhang,
  • Bin Hong,
  • Haopeng Wang,
  • Dawei Wang and
  • Markus Oeser

24 August 2021

As an environmentally friendly alternative for the production of high-performance modified asphalt by chemical reactions, a liquid-state polyurethane-precursor-based reactive modifier (PRM) was developed and employed in the asphalt modification. In c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
2,944 Views
14 Pages

3 March 2021

The aging of bitumen is detrimental to the durability and service life of asphalt pavement. Previous studies found that bitumen was suspected to be aged by not only thermal oxidation but also solution immersion. This research aims to compare the effe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,436 Views
20 Pages

Aging Characteristics of Bitumen from Different Bituminous Pavement Structures in Service

  • Xiaofeng Wang,
  • Haoyan Guo,
  • Bo Yang,
  • Xingwen Chang,
  • Chenguang Wan and
  • Zhenjun Wang

10 February 2019

The aging of bitumen seriously affects the service life of bituminous pavements. At present, there are many related researches on bitumen aging, but most of them focus on aging endured in indoor surroundings and conditions. Therefore, the conclusions...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,451 Views
12 Pages

Optical and UV-Aging Properties of LDH-Modified Bitumen

  • Xing Liu,
  • Shaopeng Wu,
  • Gang Liu and
  • Liping Li

3 July 2015

Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are an ultraviolet-light (UV) resistant material. In this study, LDHs were used to modify bitumen. The optical and UV aging properties of LDHs modified bitumen were investigated. Firstly, the thin films of bitumen, wi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,031 Views
18 Pages

Investigation on the Short-Term Aging Scheme for High Viscosity Modified Bitumen

  • Chengwei Xing,
  • Juze Qin,
  • Zhiqiang Cheng,
  • Mingchen Li and
  • Qingbing Lu

23 May 2023

Due to the highly viscous characteristics of high viscosity modified bitumen (HVMB), the commonly used short-term aging schemes are not suitable for it. As such, the objective of this study is to introduce a suitable short-term aging scheme for HVMB...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,887 Views
16 Pages

Effect of Thermo-Oxidative Ageing on Nano-Morphology of Bitumen

  • Wengang Zhang,
  • Ling Zou,
  • Zhirong Jia,
  • Fang Wang,
  • Ying Li and
  • Ping Shi

26 July 2019

In recent years, the research on bitumen has reached the nanometer level, but there are still some problems in the study of the relationship between the atomic force microscope (AFM) nano-morphology and ageing of bitumen. The purpose of this paper is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
5,433 Views
16 Pages

5 December 2019

The aim of this research was to define the effect of oxidative aging on the chemical and rheological properties of neat and styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) polymer-modified bitumen. The experimental research had two objectives: firstly, the short and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,379 Views
16 Pages

Evaluation of Anti-Aging Effect in Biochar-Modified Bitumen

  • Clara Celauro,
  • Rosalia Teresi and
  • Nadka Tz. Dintcheva

5 July 2023

Increasing environmental awareness has led to a great research effort towards the formulation of increasingly sustainable pavements, mainly by developing bituminous mixtures incorporating waste materials. Furthermore, some waste materials have been p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
660 Views
17 Pages

Study on the Influence and Contribution Rates of Field Aging Factors on Rheological Performance of Bitumen

  • Shanglin Song,
  • Yunding Zhu,
  • Zhen Wang,
  • Ziyang Gao,
  • Meng Guo,
  • Jing Huang and
  • Xiaoqiang Jiang

13 April 2025

Laboratory simulation of aging cannot restore the complex aging behavior of bitumen well. The objective of study is to reveal the role of various field aging factors on the aging process of virgin bitumen and SBS(Styrene–Butadiene–Styrene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,069 Views
31 Pages

23 March 2023

Slightly SBS-modified bitumen binders have been applied for the asphalt concrete impermeable layer of pumped storage power stations (PSPSs) in China. However, the storage stability and aging resistance of slightly SBS-modified bitumen are big concern...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,324 Views
15 Pages

30 October 2018

Temperature sensitivity characteristics of bitumen can be evidently influenced by modifier types and natural aging processes. Many types of modifiers have been used to improve the temperature sensitivity performance of bitumen, but their effects are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
79 Citations
6,772 Views
13 Pages

Aging Mechanism and Properties of SBS Modified Bitumen under Complex Environmental Conditions

  • Hui Wei,
  • Xianping Bai,
  • Guoping Qian,
  • Feiyue Wang,
  • Zhengfu Li,
  • Jiao Jin and
  • Yuhao Zhang

11 April 2019

Bitumen aging can lead to the deterioration of asphalt pavement performance, shortening the service life of road. In order to solve the problem that current studies on the ultraviolet (UV) aging of bitumen either ignore the effects of natural environ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
4,250 Views
18 Pages

11 February 2021

In this study, bitumen modified by fumed silica nanoparticles was characterized through dynamic shear rheometer tests, scanning electron microscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The fumed silica nanoparticles were used in three differ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,064 Views
13 Pages

24 March 2020

Thermo-oxidative ageing is one of the main factors affecting bitumen performance. At present, the research on bitumen ageing has entered the micro stage. The purpose of this paper was to study the relationship between nano-morphology parameters and p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
7,054 Views
12 Pages

12 August 2015

Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are an ultravioletlight (UV)-resistant material. In this study, two types of LDHs (Mg-Al-LDHs and Zn-Al-LDHs) were applied to modify bitumen by melt-blending. The effect of ultraviolet aging on the rheology and chemis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,104 Views
23 Pages

Evaluations on the Properties of Polymer and Nanomaterials Modified Bitumen Under Different Aging Conditions

  • Shaban Ismael Albrka Ali,
  • Khalifa Salem Gallouz,
  • Ikenna D. Uwanuakwa,
  • Mustafa Alas and
  • Mohd Rosli Mohd Hasan

10 July 2025

This research evaluates the rheological and mechanical properties of polymer- and nanomaterials-modified bitumen by incorporating nanosilica (NSA), nanoclay (NCY), and Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate (ASA) at 5% by weight of the bitumen. The samples w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,288 Views
14 Pages

NMR Diffusiometry Spectroscopy, a Novel Technique for Monitoring the Micro-Modifications in Bitumen Ageing

  • Paolino Caputo,
  • Dlshad Shaikhah,
  • Michele Porto,
  • Valeria Loise,
  • Maria Penelope De Santo and
  • Cesare Oliviero Rossi

5 August 2020

In the past three decades, several conventional methods have been employed for characterizing the bitumen ageing phenomenon, such as rheological testing, ultraviolet testing, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), gas chromatography (GC), atomic force...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
2,860 Views
13 Pages

6 June 2022

To obtain road bitumen with improved temperature and fatigue resistance, polymers and/or rubbers could be added to it. A particularly suitable polymer for bitumen modification is styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) copolymer but limited information is av...

  • Article
  • Open Access
291 Views
19 Pages

Impact of Waste-HydroChar on the Rheological Behavior, Physical Properties, and Aging Resistance of Bitumen

  • Nadka Tz. Dintcheva,
  • Rosalia Teresi,
  • Francesco Graziano,
  • Giulia Infurna,
  • Maurizio Volpe,
  • Antonio Messineo and
  • Clara Celauro

7 January 2026

In line with circular principles and the reuse of waste products, this study investigates the use of a waste-derived additive sourced from civil waste to modify the rheological and physical properties, as well as the aging resistance, of bitumen. Dif...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,733 Views
19 Pages

The Effect of Ageing on Chemical and Strength Characteristics of Nanoclay-Modified Bitumen and Asphalt Mixture

  • Hend Ali Omar,
  • Herda Yati Katman,
  • Munder Bilema,
  • Mohamed Khalifa Ali Ahmed,
  • Abdalrhman Milad and
  • Nur Izzi Md Yusoff

22 July 2021

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of ageing on bitumen, before and after modification. Nano-clay modified bitumen (NCMB) was produced by adding nano-clay (NC) to 60/70 penetration grade bitumen; then, the binder was tested using conv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,178 Views
38 Pages

Synergy Effect of Synthetic Wax and Tall Oil Amidopolyamines for Slowing Down the Aging Process of Bitumen

  • Mateusz M. Iwański,
  • Szymon Malinowski,
  • Krzysztof Maciejewski and
  • Grzegorz Mazurek

3 September 2025

Bitumen ages during production and in asphalt pavements, leading to structural issues and reduced durability of asphalt pavements. The alteration of bitumen’s viscoelastic properties, predominantly attributable to oxidation phenomena, is a hall...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,391 Views
21 Pages

Ageing Effects on a Softened Bitumen by the Addition of DSA (Dodecenyl Succinic Anhydride)

  • Francisco José Ortega,
  • Antonio Abad Cuadri,
  • Pedro Partal and
  • Francisco Javier Navarro

16 June 2022

The softening of aged bitumen is necessary for a successful asphalt rejuvenation in road recycling operations. Thus, this study proposes a novel and successful approach by using Dodecenyl Succinic Anhydride (DSA), a reactive surfactant with a polar h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,939 Views
13 Pages

13 August 2023

High-viscosity modified bitumen is affected by a complex thermal oxygen environment during long-term service. However, the existing standard long-term thermal oxygen aging test cannot fully simulate the effect of different thermal oxygen conditions o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,358 Views
16 Pages

24 February 2022

The influence of sulfur on the chemical, rheological, and aging resistance of terminal blend rubberized bitumen (TBRB) was studied. TB hybrid bitumen (TBHB) was prepared from with different sulfur contents (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 wt%) and TBRB prepared w...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,632 Views
19 Pages

16 January 2023

Changes in the properties of bitumen binders that occur as a result of aging have a huge impact on the durability of products produced from them. In particular, asphalt pavements, which constitute the most common use of petroleum bitumen, are suscept...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,068 Views
17 Pages

Effect of High Content of Waste Tire Rubber and Sulfur on the Aging Behavior of Bitumen

  • Sheng Wang,
  • Weidong Huang,
  • Xueyan Liu,
  • Peng Lin,
  • Shisong Ren and
  • Yi Li

27 May 2022

High content rubber modified bitumen (HCRMB) prepared from the high content of waste tire rubber and bitumen has good performance while allowing greater use of the waste tires. However, HCRMB is subject to aging during use, which can affect its perfo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,689 Views
11 Pages

Rheological Performance and Differences between Laboratory-Aged and RAP Bitumen

  • Noemi Baldino,
  • Olga Mileti,
  • Ylenia Maria Marchesano,
  • Francesca R. Lupi,
  • Domenico Gabriele and
  • Massimo Paolini

9 August 2024

Traditional recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) binder extraction is not a cost-effective and sustainable option for a quick field study because it requires the use of a huge amount of solvent. Hence, most of the studies on asphalt pavement are carried o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,133 Views
17 Pages

Ageing Evaluation of Foamed Polymer Modified Bitumen with Bio-Flux Additive

  • Piotr Radziszewski,
  • Adam Liphardt,
  • Michał Sarnowski,
  • Karol J. Kowalski,
  • Piotr Pokorski,
  • Katarzyna Konieczna,
  • Jan B. Król,
  • Marek Iwański,
  • Anna Chomicz-Kowalska and
  • Maciej Michalec
  • + 2 authors

8 March 2023

This paper presents the results of an analysis of the changes in the stiffness of asphalt binders modified with a bio-flux additive and subjected to the processes of foaming and short-term ageing. The purpose of the analyses was to determine changes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,485 Views
12 Pages

SBS Modified Bitumen with Organic Layered Double Hydroxides: Compatibility and Aging Effects on Rheological Properties

  • Canlin Zhang,
  • Hongjun Dong,
  • Zhengli Yan,
  • Meng Yu,
  • Ting Wang,
  • Shi Xu,
  • Zhenliang Jiang and
  • Changbin Hu

27 July 2021

SBS-modified bitumen (SMB) is susceptible to aging, which seriously influences its service performance and life. In order to strengthen the anti-aging ability of SMB, triethoxyvinylsilane was designed to organically modify layered double hydroxides (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,356 Views
21 Pages

31 August 2020

Polymer-modified bitumen (PMB) is bitumen that has been specifically engineered with polymer for providing enhanced performance in service. The aging of bitumen is a main aspect that is able to affect its final performance: during the production phas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,459 Views
20 Pages

Rheological, Aging, and Microstructural Properties of Polycarbonate and Polytetrafluoroethylene Modified Bitumen

  • Muhammad Ansar,
  • Muhammad Ali Sikandar,
  • Fadi Althoey,
  • Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman Tariq,
  • Saleh H. Alyami and
  • Samah Elsayed Elkhatib

12 August 2022

Deterioration of asphalt pavements due to massive load of vehicles and climatic variation has demanded the use of pavements construction material with an excellent resilience characteristic, resistance to permanent deformation, and most importantly,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,424 Views
18 Pages

Effects of Microwave Heating and Long-Term Aging on the Rheological and Chemical Properties of Recovered Bitumen

  • Matías Fernández,
  • Gustavo Canon,
  • Sabine Leischner,
  • Mrinali Rochlani,
  • José Norambuena-Contreras and
  • Alvaro González

16 December 2021

Microwave heating of asphalt pavement is a promising technique to reduce the maintenance and increase the service life of materials through self-healing of cracks. Previous studies have shown that microwave heating technology at high temperatures cou...

  • Review
  • Open Access
105 Citations
11,608 Views
35 Pages

8 June 2021

During the last decades, extensive research has been carried out on using reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) material in the production of hot recycled mix asphalt. Unfortunately, the aged, stiff, and brittle binder in the RAP typically increases the m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,822 Views
16 Pages

23 September 2020

Different modification methods, such as adding modifiers and pretreating crumb rubber, have been developed to achieve decent engineering properties and reduce the viscosity of rubberized bitumen. This study evaluated the influence of the modification...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,680 Views
18 Pages

8 September 2021

Taking advantage of crumb rubber from waste tires to modify bitumen is widely for the environmentally friendly and sustainable development of pavement. This study investigated the modification mechanism, rheological, and aging properties of styrene–b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,787 Views
14 Pages

27 November 2023

The modifying effects of polymer on bitumen low-temperature performance are substantially compromised by the thermal breakdown of styrene–butadiene rubber (SBR) polymer during bitumen mixture production operations. The efficacy of the utilizati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,565 Views
13 Pages

Performance Evaluation of Multiple Aging-Regeneration of SBS-Modified Bitumen Regenerated by a Composite Rejuvenator

  • Song Xu,
  • Bingtao Xu,
  • Shishui Liulin,
  • Shaoxu Cai,
  • Guangming Tang and
  • Shilong Pan

In this study, compound regeneration of SBS-modified bitumen (SMB) was carried out by a composite rejuvenator composed of furfural extraction oil (FEO) and 1,6-hexanediol diglycidyl ether (HDDGE) in the presence of catalyst triethanolamine (TEOA). SM...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,365 Views
15 Pages

22 February 2024

For the successful reuse of old asphalt as reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) added to new bituminous mixtures, it is necessary to improve some of its properties. This can be attained, for example, by adding an appropriate rejuvenator. The aim of this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,660 Views
15 Pages

17 November 2016

Microencapsulated rejuvenator has been attracted much attention for self-healing bitumen. The diffusion coefficient is one of the key parameters to estimate the feasibility of rejuvenator to age bitumen. The objective of this research was to evaluate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
272 Views
19 Pages

Rheological Properties of Bitumen and Asphalt Mixtures Realised in Varying Laboratory and in Situ Ageing Protocols

  • Dilimulati Aili,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Zhengxun Wei,
  • Yuan Ling,
  • Junwu Wang,
  • Hua Mao and
  • Wei Si

18 February 2026

Ageing significantly affects the long-term durability of asphalt pavements, yet quantitative correlations between laboratory ageing protocols and actual field ageing remain insufficiently defined. This study investigates the ageing behaviour of an 80...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,127 Views
16 Pages

20 October 2021

The presented study explores the effects of decreased temperatures utilized in rolling thin-film oven (RTFOT) laboratory short-term ageing of asphalt binders based on 35/50- and 50/70-penetration paving-grade bitumen. Additionally, the effects of thr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,655 Views
13 Pages

Oil Sludge as a Rejuvenator for Aged Bitumen: Structural and Thermal Effect

  • Gulzat Aitkaliyeva,
  • Saltanat Ashimova,
  • Ilyas Baidullayev,
  • Yerik Merkibayev,
  • Madeniyet Yelubay,
  • Gaukhar Toleutay and
  • Cesare Oliviero Rossi

16 June 2025

This study explores the potential of oil sludge, a hazardous by-product of the oil industry, as a sustainable rejuvenator for restoring the physicochemical and rheological properties of aged bitumen. Aged binder samples were modified with different c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,337 Views
18 Pages

31 December 2024

Studying the mechanisms and effects of rejuvenators on SBS-modified bitumen is crucial for repairing degraded SBS and recycling aged SBS-modified bitumen (ASMB), thereby contributing to the sustainable development of bitumen pavements. This research...

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