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The Importance of Lower Truck Speeds (Longer Creep Times) on the Rutting Responses of Polymer-Modified Asphalt Binders

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The present investigation mainly aimed at analyzing the rutting responses of polymer-modified binders with and without Polyphosphoric Acid (PPA) and by considering increased loading times in the Multiple Stress Creep and Recovery (MSCR) tests. Typical high pavement temperatures of 52, 58 and 64 °C were chosen, and these loading times varied from 1.0 to 8.0 s (1/9, 2/9, 4/9 and 8/9 s). Formulations with styrene–butadiene–styrene copolymer—SBS (AC + SBS and AC + SBS + PPA), ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer—EVA (AC + EVA and AC + EVA + PPA) and Elvaloy® terpolymer (AC + Elvaloy + PPA) were prepared, and the high PG grade of all these formulations was controlled at 76-XX. In general, the AC + Elvaloy + PPA was the best formulation to counteract rutting at longer creep times—especially 4/9 and 8/9 s—due to the presence of a strong and stable polymer network within the binder matrix. Moreover, the AC + SBS + PPA was able to deal with traffic levels similar or slightly higher than those of the AC + SBS, and this might be attributed to the hardness imparted by PPA modification and the presence of more stable polymer networks in the AC + SBS + PPA. On the other hand, the AC + EVA + PPA was found to be less rut resistant than the AC + EVA, and none of the EVA-modified binders depicted sufficient degrees of stiffness to deal with heavier and slow-moving traffic levels—mainly for temperatures of 58 °C or higher and loading times of 4/9 s or longer. Overall, the data indicate that binders with high degrees of stiffness at standardized MSCR loading conditions (1/9 s) do not necessarily perform well at longer creep times.

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Inocente Domingos, M.D., Faxina, A.L. The Importance of Lower Truck Speeds (Longer Creep Times) on the Rutting Responses of Polymer-Modified Asphalt Binders. Int. J. Pavement Res. Technol. 17, 379–396 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42947-022-00242-2

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