This volume contains the Proceedings of the RILEM TC 252-CMB International Symposium on the Chemo-Mechanical Characterization of Bituminous Materials.

The Symposium was attended by researchers and practitioners from different fields presenting the latest findings in the chemical, mechanical, and microstructural characterization of bituminous materials. The book offers new and cutting edge papers on innovative techniques for the characterization of bituminous materials, gaining new insights into current issues such as effects of aging, moisture, and temperature.

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Part I Chemo-Mechanical Characterization of Bituminous Materials: Bitumen Aging Mechanisms and Characterization.- A Mechanism Based Reaction-Diffusion Model for Spurt Oxidation of Bitumen, by Uwe Mühlich.- Aging Characterization of Biobinder Produced from Renewable Sources, by Ingrid Gabrielle do Nascimento Camargo, Liedi Légi Bariani Bernucci, Kamilla L. Vasconcelos.- Chemomap Imaging Microscopy use to in Situ Assess Oxidative Ageing in Compacted Asphalt Mixtures, by S. Vassaux, V. Gaudefroy, L. Boulangé, A. Pévère, V. Mouillet.- Comparison of Short Term Laboratory Ageing on Virgin and Recovered Binder from HMA/WMA Mixtures, by Gilda Ferrotti, Hassan Baaj, Jeroen Besamusca, Maurizio Bocci, Augusto Cannone-Falchetto, James Grenfell, Bernhard Hofko, Laurent Porot, Lily Poulikakos, Zhanping You.- Effect of Artificial Ageing on Two Different Bitumen of Different Origin but Same Performance Grade, by Alexandre Rogeaux, Alan Carter, Daniel Perraton, Abdeldjalil Daoudi.- Evaluation of Viscoelastic Properties and Cracking Behaviour of Asphalt Mixtures with Laboratory Aging, by Runhua Zhang, Jo Sias Daniel, Eshan V. Dave.- Microstructural Investigation of Reclaimed Asphalt Binder with Bio-Based Rejuvenators, by Maria Chiara Cavalli, Martins Zaumanis, Lily Poulikakos.- Recommendations of RILEM TC 252-CMB on the Effect of Short Term Aging Temperature on Long Term Properties of Asphalt Binder, by Lily D. Poulikakos, Bernhard Hofko, Augusto Cannone Falchetto, Laurent Porot, Gilda Ferrotti, Peter Mikhailenko.- Rheology and Bituminous binder, a Review of Different Analyses, by Laurent Porot.- Short Term Aging - Influence of Mixing Time at Laboratory Specimen Production, by Daniel Steiner, Daniel Maschauer, and Bernhard Hofko.- Viennese Aging Procedure Behavior of Various Bitumen Provenances, by Daniel Maschauer, Daniel Steiner, Johannes Mirwald, Bernhard Hofko, Hinrich Grothe.- Part II Chemo-Mechanical Characterization of Bituminous Materials: Chemo-Mechanical Coupling.- Ageing Effect on Chemo-Mechanics of Bitumen, by Ruxin Jing, Aikaterini Varveri, Xueyan Liu, Athanasios Scarpas, Sandra Erkens.- Chemo-Mechanical Characterization of Bitumen Binders with the Same Continuous PG-Grade, by Jean-Pascal Planche, Michael D. Elwardany, Jeramie Adams.- Field Aging Evaluation of Asphalt Binders by Chemical and Rheological Characterization, by Marcia Midori Takahashi, Kamilla L. Vasconcelos, Margareth Carvalho Coutinho Cravo, Liedi Légi Bariani Bernucci.- Modifying Surface Properties of Model and Pavement Aggregates with Silanes, by Gabriel Orozco, Cédric Sauzéat, Jules Galipaud, Hervé Di Benedetto.- Part III Chemo-Mechanical Characterization of Bituminous Materials: Low, Intermediate and High Temperature Behavior.- Effect of Morphology on High-Temperature Rheological Properties of Polymer-Modified Bitumen, by Jiqing Zhu, Xiaohu Lu.- Experimental Investigation of Rutting in the Different Phases of Asphalt Mixtures, by Chiara Riccardi, Augusto Cannone Falchetto, Michael P. Wistuba.- Investigation on the Effect of Physical Hardening and Aging Condition on Low-Temperature Properties of Asphalt Binder based on BBR, by Di Wang, Augusto Cannone Falchetto, Chiara Riccardi, Michael P. Wistuba.- Laboratory and Field Experience with PMMA/ATH Composite in Asphalt Mixtures, by Marjan Tuar, Mojca Ravnikar Turk.- On the Use of a Novel Binder-Fast-Characterization-Test, by Johannes Schrader, Michael P. Wistuba.- Use of Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials in Bitumen to Mitigate the Thermal Distresses in Asphalt Pavements, by Muhammad Rafiq Kakar, Zakariaa Refaa, Jörg Worlitschek, Anastasia Stamatiou, Manfred N. Partl, Moises Bueno.- Part IV Chemo-Mechanical Characterization of Bituminous Materials: Microstructure and Micro-Mechanics.- Analysis of Bitumen and PmB Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Microscopy, by Johannes Mirwald, Hinrich Grothe, Bernhard Hofko, Daniel Maschauer, Daniel Steiner.- Chemical Composition and Microstructure of Bitumen a Matter of Terminology?, by Bernhard Hofko, Daniel Maschauer, Daniel Steiner, Hinrich Grothe, Johannes Mirwald.- ESEM Microstructural and Physical Properties of Virgin and Laboratory Aged Bitumen, by Peter Mikhailenko, Hassan Baaj, Lily Poulikakos, Augusto Cannone Falchetto, Jeroen Besamusca, Bernhard Hofko.- Investigation of the Asphalt Binder Sample Preparation Methods based on AFM, by Zhijun Wang, Rong Chang, Zhenyu Zhou, Yongchun Qin, Gaochao Wang.- Precision of Iatroscan Method for Assessment of SARA Compounds in Bitumen, by Diana Simnofske, Konrad Mollenhauer.- Visualization and Chemical Analysis of Bitumen Microstructures, by Xiaohu Lu, Peter Sjövall, Hilde Soenen, Johan Blom, Martin Andersson.- Part V Chemo-Mechanical Characterization of Bituminous Materials: Recycling and Rejuvenation.- A new Green Rejuvenator: Evaluation of Structural Changes of Aged and Recycled Bitumens by means of Rheology and NMR, by Cesare Oliviero Rossi, Paolino Caputo, Valeria Loise, Saltanat Ashimova, Bagdat...