The effects of asphalt binder and granular material characteristics on foamed asphalt mix strength

This paper systematically studies the effects of asphalt foam characteristics and pulverized asphalt pavement (PAP) material attributes on foamed asphalt mix strength. A fracture face image analysis procedure was employed to quantify asphalt dispersion, which was key to establishing the relationships between material microstructural features and measured strengths. Foamability of asphalts was found to be one of the primary factors determining...