There have been many advancements in Intelligent Compaction (IC) over the past few years aimed at reducing the guesswork in the paving process. In fact, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) ...
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Ensuring that asphalt binders don’t contain too many contaminates can be key to ensuring a longer-lasting roadway. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is implementing use of an innovative ...
Although the intelligent-compaction (IC) concept as applied to asphalt rollers has its critics, Bomag has a number of its BW190AD-4 HF models operating in North America with the company's Asphalt ...
In the past, the most common method for measuring the binder content of asphalt has involved removing the bitumen from a weighed sample using methylene chloride. The process then follows either the ...
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "As a paving foreman, I wanted to simplify the process of measuring asphalt thickness while sparing workers unnecessary aggravation," said an inventor, from ...
The accurate measurement of asphalt density is vital when it comes to ensuring the performance and quality of pavement construction. The BetterPyc 380 offers a hands-free solution for measuring ...
The following summarizes an approach for determining adjustment factors for Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) measurements for asphalt pavements to account for the impacts of daily and seasonal ...
The scientists claim their technology can produce the type of asphalt binders with the ability to weather pavement cracking and rutting and shorten training time for operators to learn how to use ...
Moisture damage in asphalt mixtures is a critical durability concern influenced by interfacial adhesion between asphalt and aggregates. This study systematically evaluates adhesion performance using ...
Scientists from the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates and China's Hefei University of Technology have developed a method to build durable and lasting asphalt pavements that can ...