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Identification of Microstructural Components of Bitumen by Means of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

  1. Andreas Jäger1,
  2. Roman Lackner1,
  3. Christoph Eisenmenger-Sittner2,
  4. Ronald Blab3

Article first published online: 15 FEB 2005

DOI: 10.1002/pamm.200410181

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Volume 4, Issue 1, pages 400–401, December 2004

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Jäger, A., Lackner, R., Eisenmenger-Sittner, C. and Blab, R. (2004), Identification of Microstructural Components of Bitumen by Means of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Proc. Appl. Math. Mech., 4: 400–401. doi: 10.1002/pamm.200410181

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  1. 1

    Christian-Doppler Laboratory for “Performance-Based Optimization of Flexible Road Pavements”; Institute for Strength of Materials, Vienna University of Technology, Karlsplatz 13/202, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

  2. 2

    Institute for Solid State Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

  3. 3

    Christian-Doppler Laboratory for “Performance-Based Optimization of Flexible Road Pavements”; Institute for Road Construction and Maintenance, Vienna University of Technology, Gußhausstraße 28/233, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

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Abstract

Accounting for the large variation of asphalt mixes, resulting from variations of constituents and composition, and from the allowance of additives, a multiscale model for asphalt is currently developed at the Christian Doppler Laboratory for “Performance-based optimization of flexible road pavements”. The multiscale concept allows to relate macroscopic material properties of asphalt to phenomena and material properties of finer scales of observation. Starting with the characterization of the finest scale, i.e., the bitumen-scale, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is employed. Depending on the mode of measurement (tapping versus pulsed-force mode), the AFM provides insight into the surface topography or stiffness and adhesion properties of bitumen. The obtained results will serve as input for upscaling in the context of the multiscale model in order to obtain the homogenized material behavior of bitumen at the next-higher scale, i.e., the mastic-scale. (© 2004 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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