FINAL PROGRAMME

Wednesday 3rd May

12.00 – 14:00 Registration & Lunch

First Technical Session

Bitumen Rheology    14:00 – 15:30

Fracture mechanics and asphalt binders

Gilles Gauthier & David Anderson (France & USA)

Rheological characteristics of crumb rubber-modified asphalts with long-term aging

Shin-Che Huang (USA)

Evaluation of field aging effects on asphalt binder properties

Xinjun Li, Adam Zofka & Mihai Marasteanu (USA)

15:30 – 16:00 Tea / Coffee

Second Technical Session

Rheological Testing & Modelling    16:00 – 17:00

A mathematical-based master-curve construction method applied to complex modulus of bituminous materials

Emmanuel Chaillleux, Guy Ramond, Christian Such & Chantal de la Roche (France)

Dilation behaviour of asphalt mixtures

Alex Ossa & Andy Collop (UK)

19:00 Reception & banquet

 

Thursday 4th May

08:30 – 09:00 Tea / Coffee

Third Technical Session

Bitumen Chemistry    09:00 – 10:00

Microstructure-based identification of the performance of binder materials

K Stangl, Andreas Jδger & Roman Lackner (Austria)

The structure of asphaltenes in bitumen

Per Redelius (Sweden)

10:00 – 10:30 Tea / Coffee

Fourth Technical Session

Fatigue & Fracture of Asphalt    10:30 – 11:30

A comparison between beam and semi-circular bending fracture tests for asphalt

Ignacio Artamendi & Hussain Khalid (UK)

Size effect regarding fatigue evaluation of asphalt mixtures

Didier Bodin, Chantal de la Roche & Gilles Pijaudier-Cabot (France)

11:30 – 12:00 EATA General Meeting

12:00 – 14:00 Close & Lunch