Recommendations of RILEM TC 252-CMB on the Effect of Short Term Aging Temperature on Long Term Properties of Asphalt Binder

The Rilem Technical Committee on Chemo Mechanical Characterization of Bituminous Materials has investigated the effect of short term aging tempera-ture on long term properties of asphalt binder, chemically, physically and mi-crostructurally. The increased use of warm mix asphalt (WMA) technologies warrants such investigations in order to validate laboratory aging procedures. To this end, penetration, softening point, Fourier Transform Infrared Spec-troscopy, dynamic shear rheology (DSR) and electron microscopy (ESEM) were used. The experimental results on binders and warm (WMA) and hot (HMA) mixtures from nine participating laboratories indicate that the binder source, as well as method of evaluation, result in different rankings and be-haviors among the four binders used. The TC recommends the development of appropriate RTFOT aging temperatures for the simulation of binder aging in WMA