Second International Workshop on Asphalt Mastics

Workshop Overview

Workshop

Currently, performance-based specifications are not available for the selection of asphalt mastics (i.e., mineral filler + asphalt binder). In the past, mechanical properties of mastics were obtained based on over-simplified models.

In the past years, it has been recognized the importance of mastic characterization on the performance of the asphalt mixtures subjected to a variety of loading and environmental conditions. Recently, the characterization of asphalt mastics has moved into incorporating test methods that address non-linearity and damage evolution. Understanding the mechanical and chemical interactions between asphalt binder and fillers and consequently the response of asphalt mastics to a variety of loading conditions has been recognized as an important step to fully characterize the long-term performance of asphalt mixtures.

This second workshop is being organized by the Working Group 07 on Bitumen and Mastics of the Technical Committee on Constitutive Modeling of the International Society for Asphalt Pavements (ISAP). The main objective of this workshop is to serve as a platform for exchange of information on the state-of-art in various aspects of modeling and characterization of asphalt mastics. The workshop will also facilitate further development of a vision and needs statement for the technical committee and future research in this area.

Registration and Proceedings

The registration fee is US$200 for all participants except students (US$75). Please register at:

https://charge.wisc.edu/uwmarc/register.asp

The conference proceedings page, which includes conference presentations in PDF format, will be available online after completion of workshop. All attendees will receive a login and password from the conference organizers. Please contact Raul Velasquez if you have any questions.

Date and Location

Monday June 18, 2012
TU Delft, Building 23, Lecture Room C
Stevinweg 1, Delft, Netherlands

Topics and Speakers

Monday, June 18, 9 am - 12 pm
1 Historical background on modeling and characterization of asphalt mastics M. van de Ven
2 European perspective of asphalt mastic characterization F. Hammoum
3 US efforts on asphalt mastic modeling and characterization H. Bahia / R. Velasquez
4 Effect of filler physico-chemical characteristics on mastic response S. Vansteenkiste
Monday, June 18, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
5 Moisture damage in asphalt mastics N. Kringos
6 Multi-scale modeling of mastics R. Blab
7 Durability and aging in mastics G. Airey
Summary
8 State of the art, vision for modeling efforts, and concluding discussion Round Table Discussion

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