First-Year Field Aged Binder Results from a European In-Situ Ageing Consortium (EurIAC)

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First-Year Field Aged Binder Results from a European In-Situ Ageing Consortium (EurIAC)

Book Chapter (2026)

Author(s)

Geert Jacobs (Universiteit Antwerpen)

Wim Van den bergh (Universiteit Antwerpen)

Cedric Vuye (Universiteit Antwerpen)

Avishreshth Singh (TU Delft - Civil Engineering & Geosciences)

Aikaterini Varveri (TU Delft - Civil Engineering & Geosciences)

Martins Zaumanis (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa))

Lily Poulikakos (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa))

Elisabete Freitas (University of Minho)

Johannes Mirwald (Technische Universität Wien)

Bernhard Hofko (Technische Universität Wien)

Evangelos Manthos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

Georgios Pipintakos (Universiteit Antwerpen)

Research Group

Pavement Engineering

Bitumen Ageing DSR Europe Rutting Fatigue cracking

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-29857-7_89 Final published version

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Publication Year

2026

Language

English

Research Group

Pavement Engineering

Pages (from-to)

591-596

Publisher

Springer

ISBN (print)

['978-3-032-29856-0', '978-3-032-29859-1']

ISBN (electronic)

978-3-032-29857-7

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Abstract

Understanding the effect of realistic in-situ conditions on the mechanical performance of bituminous binders is vital to improve pavement durability. This paper consists of the first effort, at European level, to account for in-situ ageing of bituminous mixtures at different climatic conditions. A reference and five local binders were extracted and recovered upon short-term ageing during production and during the first year of long-term field ageing. The binders have been assessed via Dynamic Shear Rheometer testing for their rutting and fatigue cracking performance, at both ageing states, considering ageing gradients across the pavement depth. The results support a beneficial effect of long-term ageing for the rutting behaviour of the local binders and reveal that ageing mainly takes place within the first 3 cm of pavement depth when examining the fatigue cracking. Overall, this study is the first step towards the development of a robust European ageing model over the course of the following years.

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