Recycled tyre rubber modified bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: a literature review
Nowadays, only a small percentage of waste tyres are being land-filled. The Recycled Tyre Rubber is being used in new tyres, in tyre-derived fuel, in civil engineering applications and products, in moulded rubber products, in agricultural uses, recreational and sports applications and in rubber modi...
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| description | Nowadays, only a small percentage of waste tyres are being land-filled. The Recycled Tyre Rubber is being used in new tyres, in tyre-derived fuel, in civil engineering applications and products, in moulded rubber products, in agricultural uses, recreational and sports applications and in rubber modified asphalt applications. The benefits of using rubber modified asphalts are being more widely experienced and recognized, and the incorporation of tyres into asphalt is likely to increase. The technology with much different evidence of success demonstrated by roads built in the last 40 years is the rubberised asphalt mixture obtained through the so-called “wet process” which involves the utilisation of the Recycled Tyre Rubber Modified Bitumens (RTR-MBs). Since 1960s, asphalt mixtures produced with RTR-MBs have been used in different parts of the world as solutions for different quality problems and, despite some downsides, in the majority of the cases they have demonstrated to enhance performance of road’s pavement. This study reports the results of a literature review upon the existing technologies and specifications related to the production, handling and storage of RTR-MBs and on their current applications within road asphalt mixtures. Furthermore, considering that RTR-MBs technologies are still struggling to be fully adopted worldwide, mainly because of poor information, lack of training of personnel and stakeholders and rare support of local policies, the present work aims to be an up-to-date reference to clarify benefits and issues associated to this family of technologies and to finally provide suggestions for their wide-spread use. |
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| spelling | nottingham-31242020-05-04T20:18:25Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/3124/ Recycled tyre rubber modified bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: a literature review Lo Presti, Davide Nowadays, only a small percentage of waste tyres are being land-filled. The Recycled Tyre Rubber is being used in new tyres, in tyre-derived fuel, in civil engineering applications and products, in moulded rubber products, in agricultural uses, recreational and sports applications and in rubber modified asphalt applications. The benefits of using rubber modified asphalts are being more widely experienced and recognized, and the incorporation of tyres into asphalt is likely to increase. The technology with much different evidence of success demonstrated by roads built in the last 40 years is the rubberised asphalt mixture obtained through the so-called “wet process” which involves the utilisation of the Recycled Tyre Rubber Modified Bitumens (RTR-MBs). Since 1960s, asphalt mixtures produced with RTR-MBs have been used in different parts of the world as solutions for different quality problems and, despite some downsides, in the majority of the cases they have demonstrated to enhance performance of road’s pavement. This study reports the results of a literature review upon the existing technologies and specifications related to the production, handling and storage of RTR-MBs and on their current applications within road asphalt mixtures. Furthermore, considering that RTR-MBs technologies are still struggling to be fully adopted worldwide, mainly because of poor information, lack of training of personnel and stakeholders and rare support of local policies, the present work aims to be an up-to-date reference to clarify benefits and issues associated to this family of technologies and to finally provide suggestions for their wide-spread use. Elsevier 2013-12 Article PeerReviewed Lo Presti, Davide (2013) Recycled tyre rubber modified bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: a literature review. Construction and Building Materials, 49 . pp. 863-881. ISSN 0950-0618 Recycled Tyre Rubber Asphalt Rubber Bitumen Rubber Crumb Rubber Terminal Blend http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950061813008477 doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.09.007 doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.09.007 |
| spellingShingle | Recycled Tyre Rubber Asphalt Rubber Bitumen Rubber Crumb Rubber Terminal Blend Lo Presti, Davide Recycled tyre rubber modified bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: a literature review |
| title | Recycled tyre rubber modified bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: a literature review |
| title_full | Recycled tyre rubber modified bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: a literature review |
| title_fullStr | Recycled tyre rubber modified bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: a literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recycled tyre rubber modified bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: a literature review |
| title_short | Recycled tyre rubber modified bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: a literature review |
| title_sort | recycled tyre rubber modified bitumens for road asphalt mixtures: a literature review |
| topic | Recycled Tyre Rubber Asphalt Rubber Bitumen Rubber Crumb Rubber Terminal Blend |
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