Conference Programme

Tuesday, 15 June

14.00 ÷ 15.00 Opening Session
15.00 ÷ 16.40 Damage And Fracture In Asphalt Pavements
  • Adhesive and cohesive properties of asphalt-aggregate systems subjected to moisture damage - Canestrari F., Cardone F., Graziani A., Santagata F. A. , Bahia H. U
  • Low temperature cracking prediction with consideration of temperature dependent bulk and fracture properties - Eshan V. D. and Buttlar W.G.
  • Key Mechanisms and Mixture Properties that control Fracture in Asphalt Mixtures – Birgisson B., Montepara A., Romeo N., Roque R., Tebaldi G.
  • The use of X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT) to characterize microdamage in asphalt - Khan R., Collop A.C
16.40 ÷ 17.10 Coffee break
17.30 ÷ 18.25 Pavement And Material Design
  • From the behavior of constituent materials to the calculation and design of orthotropic bridge structures - Pouget S., Sauzeat C., Di Benedetto H., Olard F.
  • On the optimization of the aggregate packing characteristics for the design of high-performance asphalt concretes - Olard F., Perraton D.
  • On the Reliability of Excluding Thickness Information in Forward-Calculating AASHTO Pavement Parameters – Livneh M.
20.00 Departure for Gala Dinner

Wednesday 16 June

9.00 ÷ 10.40 Binder And Mastic Properties (A)
  • Advanced Rheological Characterization of Non-reversible Deformation and Fatigue Behavior in Crumb Rubber Modified Asphalt Binders - Giuliani F., Merusi F.
  • From Mixtures to Binders: Can the Inverse Problem be Solved? - Velasquez R.A., Cannone Falchetto A., Marasteanu M.O.
  • Effect of extraction and recovery procedure on the determination of PmB content and on the properties of the recovered binder – Piérard N., Vansteenkiste S., Vanelstraete A.
  • Modelling of asphalt mastic in terms of filler-bitumen interaction – Faheem A.F. and Bahia H.U.
10.40 ÷ 11.30 Poster Session
11.30 ÷ 12.20 Binder And Mastic Properties (B)
  • Interaction forces between mineral aggregates and bitumen calculated using the Hamaker constant. - Laurell Lyne A.., Birgisson B.
  • General Rheological Properties of Fractionated Switchgrass Bio-oil as a Pavement Material - Raouf M.A., Williams C.R.
  • A plea for the introduction of performance related bitumen specifications -In view of limitations of the penetration grading system Besamusca J.Th.M., Willemsen A.J., Van Der Ven M.F.C.
12.20 ÷ 13.30 Lunch
13.30 ÷ 15.10 Asphalt Mixture Characterization
  • Non linearity in bituminous materials during cyclic tests - Gauthier G., Bodin D., Chailleux E., Gallet T.
  • Comparison of data interpretation procedures for Indirect Tensile (IDT) creep test for linear viscoelastic materials – Zofka A., Marasteanu M., Khazanovich L., Yut I.
  • Quantifying expansion effects induced by Freeze–Thaw cycles in partially water saturated bituminous mix: Laboratory Experiments - Mauduit C., Hammoum F., Piau J.M., Mauduit V., Ludwig S., Hamon D.
  • A study of complex modulus and fatigue characteristics of asphalt mixtures manufactured with modified sulphur pellets and the effect on pavement layer thickness – Colange J., Strickland D., McCabe G., Gilbert K., May R., Banbury S.
15.10 ÷ 15.40 Coffee break
15.40 ÷ 17.45 Surface Materials And Pavement Properties
  • Rolling noise prediction models based on pavement surface characteristics - Losa M., Leandri P., Bacci R.
  • Relationships among gradation curve, clogging resistance, and pore-based indices of porous asphalt mixes – Ranier V., Sansalone J.J., Shuler S.
  • Induction heating of the electrically conductive porous asphalt concrete – Liu Q., Schlangen E., Van der Van M., García A.
  • Exploring the ageing effect on skid resistance evolution of asphalt pavement – Kane M., Zhao D., Tan Do M., Chailleux E., De-Lalarrard F
  • A New Methodology for Stochastic Modelling of Pay Factors in hot-mix asphalt pavements - D’Apuzzo M., Nicolosi V.
17.45 ÷ 18.30 Closure Session

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