Calculation of particle heating times of reclaimed asphalt pavement material

Recycling aged asphalt pavements into new asphalt pavements is a common practice in the pavement industry. The process involves adding the reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) into a superheated asphalt mixing drum, where the binder contained within the RAP is expected to melt and be incorporated into the new hot-mix asphalt. Since the RAP is added part way through the mixing process, the amount of time spent inside the mixing drum is short and...