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Simplified viscosity evaluating method of high viscosity asphalt binders

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In order to establish a simplified viscosity evaluating method of high viscosity asphalt binders (HVABs), shear rate sweep test in the shear rate range of 1.25 × 10−6–1,250 s−1 was performed. Results showed that HVABs exhibited yield pseudo-plastic fluid behavior at 60 °C and the overlapped range of the first Newtonian region was 8 × 10−5–2 × 10−2 s−1. Based on the results, the simplified shear rate sweep test in the shear rate range of 0.001–0.1 s−1 was proposed and low shear viscosity at 0.01 s−1 (LSV0.01) was suggested as the viscosity evaluating indicator of HVABs, which exhibited both close values to zero shear viscosity and significant correlation with rutting resistance of porous asphalt.

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Acknowledgments

Professor Weimin Lyu provided useful discussion and advice for the research, whose help is gratefully acknowledged. The authors would also like to acknowledge Mr. Xurong Ma who performed vacuum capillary viscometer test for the research.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, People’s Republic of China

    Lihan Li, Han Geng & Yanna Sun

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Li, L., Geng, H. & Sun, Y. Simplified viscosity evaluating method of high viscosity asphalt binders. Mater Struct 48, 2147–2156 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-014-0299-2

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