UV and Thermal Aging of Pure Bitumen-comparison Between Laboratory Simulation and Natural Exposure Aging

作者：Wu Shaopeng^*; Pang Ling; Mo Liantong; Qiu Jian; Zhu Guojun; Xiao Yue

来源：Road Materials and Pavement Design, 2008, 9: 103-113.

DOI：10.3166/RMPD.9HS.103-113

• Bitumen
• Aging
• UV Radiation
• Natural Exposure Aging
• DSR

In this paper, several indoor laboratory aging tests and the Natural Exposure Aging (NEA) test were employed as the aging regimes of pure bitumen. The properties of various aged bitumen specimens were investigated by Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectra (FTIR). By this means the differences between the laboratory and natural exposure aging was analysed. Experimental results showed that both thermal and ultraviolet (UV) radiation aging happened during UV radiation oven test and the later was much more prominent on the influence of bitumen's properties, in particular, when the binder films was smaller than 100 mu m. In a wide range of frequency, complex modulus and phase angle obtained from DSR tests revealed that UV radiation oven test showed a better corresponding relationship with NEA when compared to Pressure Aging Vessel (PAV).

• 出版日期2008
• 单位武汉理工大学