Hugo Manuel Ribeiro Dias da Silva

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the effectiveness of rejuvenator agents in improving the aged binders' properties and the recycled mixture performance and concluded that totally recycled asphalt pavement can be a good alternative for road paving, especially if rejuvenators are used to reduce their production temperature and improve their performance.

TL;DR: In this article, the properties of different blends of base bitumens (softer to harder ones) containing a range of synthetic wax contents, as well as the performance of the corresponding warm mix asphalts, were assessed.

TL;DR: In this article, a surfactant-based additive was used to reduce the mixing temperatures of asphalt rubber and asphalt concrete mixtures without compromising their performance, and this can be seen as a great step forward towards the production of cleaner asphalt rubber mixtures.

TL;DR: In this article, the importance of the use phase of a road in the LCA of different paving alternatives was analyzed by evaluating energy consumption and gaseous emissions throughout the road pavement's life.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the possible advantages of modifying the bitumen with different plastic wastes, namely polyethylene (high density HDPE and low density LDPE), ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), and crumb rubber, in order to improve the properties of the resulting binders for use in high performance asphalt mixtures.