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This document describes an MSc thesis topic on characterizing the high and low temperature performance of crumb rubber modified bitumen. The thesis would use the multiple stress creep and recovery test to evaluate high temperature rutting resistance and a 4mm diameter dynamic shear rheometer test to assess low temperature flexibility. These new test methods may better characterize the complex modulus and damage resistance of modified binders like crumb rubber bitumen compared to traditional tests. The results could help optimize a related PhD project on warm mix rubberized asphalt by providing performance data on the binder component.

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This document describes an MSc thesis topic on characterizing the high and low temperature performance of crumb rubber modified bitumen. The thesis would use the multiple stress creep and recovery test to evaluate high temperature rutting resistance and a 4mm diameter dynamic shear rheometer test to assess low temperature flexibility. These new test methods may better characterize the complex modulus and damage resistance of modified binders like crumb rubber bitumen compared to traditional tests. The results could help optimize a related PhD project on warm mix rubberized asphalt by providing performance data on the binder component.

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This document describes an MSc thesis topic on characterizing the high and low temperature performance of crumb rubber modified bitumen. The thesis would use the multiple stress creep and recovery test to evaluate high temperature rutting resistance and a 4mm diameter dynamic shear rheometer test to assess low temperature flexibility. These new test methods may better characterize the complex modulus and damage resistance of modified binders like crumb rubber bitumen compared to traditional tests. The results could help optimize a related PhD project on warm mix rubberized asphalt by providing performance data on the binder component.

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MSc THESIS TOPIC:

High and low temperature performance of crumb rubber


modified bitumen
Description:
Crumb rubber modified bitumen (CRMB) has been utilized in asphalt paving industry for decades
due to its various advantages. It not only solves the disposal issues of scrap tires but also improves
the overall performance of asphalt pavements with add-on value.
Extensive research has shown that the mechanical characteristics of asphalt binder-mastic phase has
predominant effects on the final performance of asphalt mixture. Current performance related
binder specifications were primarily developed for unmodified binders and were based on linear
viscoelastic properties of the material. However, it has been proven that the complex modulus-
phase angle based parameters obtained by Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR) have poor correlations
with the mixture/pavement performance, especially for modified binders which often demonstrate
superior damage resistance. Therefore, a number of new testing methods have been proposed in
recent years for damage characterization of asphalt binders considering non-linear viscoelasticity.
Among them, multiple stress creep and recovery (MSCR) test and linear amplitude sweep (LAS) test
of asphalt binders were found to be more successful in correlating with mixture performance and
have been proposed to provide efficient test and analysis methods for measuring the high-
temperature rutting resistance and intermediate-temperature fatigue resistance, respectively. In
terms of low temperature performance test, a recently developed 4-mm DSR employing 4-mm
diameter parallel plates was proposed as an alternative with many advantages to the bending beam
rheometer (BBR). This unified DSR method by using only one DSR instrument with different
accessories is believed to be a technical breakthrough allowing improvement in the ability to
provide performance-related specifications for road paving materials.
As a highly modified asphalt binder, the performance of CRMB has not been systematically
characterized using the newly developed unified testing methods. It is expected to give a more
scientific and more accurate characterization of the high and low temperature performance of
CRMB using MSCR test and 4-mm DSR test, respectively.

Left: DSR parallel plate size: 25 mm

Right: DSR parallel plate size: 4 mm

Supervisor team:
Prof. dr. ir. Sandra Erkens, TU Delft
Daily Supervisors: Dr. Xueyan Liu, MSc Haopeng Wang, ing. Marco Poot, ing. Michele Van Aggelen
Interrelation with other ongoing projects: Yes/No
There is an inter-relation with the ongoing PhD project, which aims at developing warm mix
rubberized asphalt concrete technology. The results and findings of this MSc thesis topic will provide
characterization of the high and low temperature performance of prepared rubber modified
bitumen and further contribute to optimizing the designed product.
Project involves work packages outside TUD? Yes/No
Specific details:
Potential benefits: trips, opportunities, internship fees, sponsorships etc

Pavement Engineering Section project-ID: 2017

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