VG grades are known by the Indian government as the preferred type of bitumen for road construction. In 1991, the Bureau of Indian Standards adopted a new grading method for bitumen, named viscosity ...

To address the issue of traditional emulsified asphalt easily adhering to wheels during construction, thereby causing interlayer bonding failure, a novel non-stick wheel emulsified asphalt was ...

Brookfield's DV2T Viscometer and Thermosel System with SC4-27 spindle is designed for testing asphalt binder viscosity. Measures fluid viscosity at given shear rates Choice of traditional standalone ...

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 ...

It can be termed as the building block of the pavements without which all the pavement materials would behave independently and thus will be deemed useless. Almost ninety percent of bitumen is used in ...

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) has produced 553.1 thousand metric tonnes (TMT) of bitumen for the year 2022-23, an increase of 25% as compared to last year 2021-22, when it produced ...