An extensive laboratory investigation of the use of bio-oil modified bitumen in road construction Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Several roads in Iceland with bio-oil modified surface dressings exhibited severe distresses such as bleeding, binder drain down, and eventually as surface dressing sticking to tires. Samples from six road sections were evaluated in the laboratory to determine the causes of the failure. Binders with and without bio-oil, rapeseed oil and fish oil, were evaluated through a comprehensive rheological and chemical characterization. Both oils, exhibited solubility issues with the bitumen; consequently, the oils covered the aggregates, preventing bonding between binder and stones. It appears that fish oil worked a little better than rapeseed oil for binder modification.

published proceedings

  • Construction and Building Materials

author list (cited authors)

  • Guarin, A., Khan, A., Butt, A. A., Birgisson, B., & Kringos, N

citation count

  • 33

complete list of authors

  • Guarin, Alvaro||Khan, Abdullah||Butt, Ali Azhar||Birgisson, Björn||Kringos, Nicole

publication date

  • March 2016