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What  makes  EME    

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Kanjana  Yindee  &  Iulian  Man  
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EME  Demonstra7on  project  in  Q   European  standards  for  bitumen  :  main  classifica?on    
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 Requirements for EME binders (Europe)
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 What is the challenge of EME binder selection?

Not  all  hard  bitumen  fit  for  purpose!  

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If the stiffness of bitumen is too

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high, the stiffness of bituminous

mixes increases significantly.

The risk of fatigue cracking also

increases.

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 Example: Hard bitumen sources vs Modulus & Fatigue resistance

Fa?gue  resistance  at  10  °C  ,  µstrain  

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Modulus  at  15  °C,  MPa  

 Source:  The  modulus  and  fa?gue  values  for  EME2  in  the  Colas    research  database    for  the  period  2003-­‐2008  (Colas  CST,  Europeanroads  
review  14  ,  Spring  2009  )  

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 Main  characteris?cs  of  SAMI  EME  binder    

Property   15/25   SAMI  EME   Spec  

UK  Trial    15/25     EN  13924  
(TRL  Report   Aus  trial-­‐Boral)   15/25  
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PenetraOon  at  25  °C,  100g,  5s,  dmm   18   19   15  -­‐  25  

SoRening  Point,  °C     66   70.0   55-­‐71  
Viscosity  at  60  °C,  Pa.s       -­‐   5876   ≥  550  
Viscosity  at  135  °C,  Mm2/s   1490   1853   ≥  600  
Viscosity  at  135  °C,  Pa.s   1.535   1.909   -­‐  
A^er  RTFOT  
PenetraOon  at  25  °C  ,  100g,  5s,  dmm   12   16   Report  
Retained  penetraOon,  %  original   70   84.2   ≥  55  
Loss  on  HeaOng,  mass%   0.07   0.05   ≤  0.5  
Increase  in  SoRening  Point,  °C   6   8   ≤   8  
Mix  Proper?es  
Richness  Modulus,  %   3.65   -­‐   ≥  3.4  
%  Air  Void   1.8   -­‐   ≤  6  
Duriez  test,  RaOo  before  and  aRer  water  emersion   0.97   -­‐   ≥  0.75  
FaOgue  Test    (10°C,  25Hz,  microstrain  for  106  cycle)   130     -­‐   ≥  130  
Complex  modulus  (15  °C,  10  Hz),  GPa   14.05   -­‐   ≥  14  GPa  
Ruang  test    (60°C,  30,000  cycles)   5.8   -­‐   ≤    7.5  

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Characteris?cs  –  Australian  EME  mix  
 
 
•  Uses  a  hard  grade  bitumen  15  -­‐25  PenetraOon  
 
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•  High  SOffness  Modulus  

 
•  Improved  ruang  resistance  

•  Improved  faOgue  resistance  

 

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 Benchmarking  against  French  designed  and  prepared    
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 Temperature Guides for SAMI EME binder

SAMI EME binder/pen 19

C600
C320
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C170
Blown bitumen/pen 18
M1000/pen 43
AR450

CompacOon  range  
Mixing  range  

Mixing and compaction range are recommended by SP-2 and ASSHTO T312: as 0.17 ± 0.02 Pa.s and 0.28 ± 0.03 Pa.s.

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 Quality control of EME binder for this Trial
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SAMI’s Tank SAMI’s Truck Boral’s Tank

SAMI   SAMI   Boral  

Method   Property   Tank   Truck   Tank   Target  
AS  2341.12     PenetraOon  at  25  °C,  100g,  5s,  pu     19   19   19   15  -­‐  25  
AS  2341.4     SoRening  Point,  °C     69.8   70.5   70.0   55-­‐71  
AS  2341.2     Viscosity  at  60  °C,  Pa.s       5800   5793   5876   ≥  550  
AS  2341.4     Viscosity  at  135  °C,  Pa.s   1.915   1.897   1.909   ≥  0.6  

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 1. Not all hard bitumens are suitable for EME
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2. EME technology requires a special low PEN binder

manufactured to meet the target performance

3. High stiffness combined with good fatigue resistance

to be achieved by bitumen processing

4. Mixing and compaction temperature of EME mixes

need to be recommended by supplier

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