Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
Project | PLASTIROADS |
Title | Plastic waste use as aggregate and binder modifier in open-graded asphalts |
Publication Type | Communications in International Conferences |
Year of Publication | 2015 |
Authors | Costa L. M. B., Silva H. M. R. D., Oliveira J. R. M., Fernandes S., Freitas, E.F., and Hilliou L. |
Abstract | Road pavements are very important infrastructures for the Society, but they can cause serious environmental impacts during construction, operation and rehabilitation phases. Thus, it is essential to develop surface paving solutions that promote not only the durability but also a comfortable and safe use. In fact, this work aims to study the properties of new opengraded mixtures for surface layers produced with plastic wastes. First, HDPE and EVA wastes were used as bitumen modifiers, and then another plastic waste (PEX) replaced part of the aggregates. After studying the modified binders, the open-graded mixtures were designed, and |
Conference Name | 3rd Int Conference on Wastes: Solutions, treatments and opportunities |
Date Published | 2015-09-14 |
Publisher | CRC Press - Taylor & Francis Group |
Conference Location | Viana do Castelo, Portugal |
ISBN | 978-1-138-02882-1 |
Keywords | binder modification, open.graded asphalts, Plastic waste |
Rights | openAccess |
Peer reviewed | yes |
Status | published |
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt