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Warm Mix Asphalt

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Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability and Pavements

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Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) technologies have potential to reduce the application temperature of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) and improve workability without compromising the performance of asphalt pavement. This promises various benefits, e.g. a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, decreased energy consumption and costs, improved working conditions, better compaction, extended paving season, higher reclaimed asphalt content, earlier opening to traffic, etc. These benefits as well as the potential concerns are discussed in this chapter. Mix design considerations and possible specializations of WMA technologies are summarized. Different WMA production technologies are reviewed with an emphasis on practical applications.

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The help by ErikOlesen, Erik Nielsen, and Robert Frank, in providing insights of WMA, and Rudy Pinkham for technical assistance is greatly appreciated.

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    Martins Zaumanis

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  1. Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA

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  2. Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Eng., Built Environment & IT, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

    Wynand JvdM Steyn

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    John Harvey

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Zaumanis, M. (2014). Warm Mix Asphalt. In: Gopalakrishnan, K., Steyn, W., Harvey, J. (eds) Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability and Pavements. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44719-2_10

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