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The main objective of this study is to investigate the influence that asphalt mixture morphology aspects have on its overall ageing behavior. Since mixture morphology is controllable, having insight into how the various morphological parameters influence the mixture’s long-term behavior can be of great value to optimize its design, regardless of the individual material properties. To do so, this study is utilizing a new framework to characterize the combined effect of aggregate packing, average air void size, porosity and level of compaction on ageing for a large set of data from different sources of field compacted and laboratory produced asphalt mixtures. The paper also hypothesizes about the mechanisms that lay behind the found influences and how thus mixture design improvements can be made. From all the investigated cases, it was found that the framework can be used to optimize the durability performance of asphalt mixtures. It was also observed that prediction of ageing behavior without considering the influence of mixture morphology may lead to erroneous conclusions and non-optimal mix design.
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The authors would like to kindly acknowledge the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) for providing financial support for the project under which this research was performed.
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Das, P.K., Birgisson, B., Jelagin, D. et al. Investigation of the asphalt mixture morphology influence on its ageing susceptibility. Mater Struct 48, 987–1000 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-013-0209-z
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