Engineering characteristics of nanosilica/polymer-modified bitumen and predicting their rheological properties using multilayer perceptron neural network model

• Main Authors: Md. Yusoff, Nur Izzi, Alhamali, Dhawo Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Ahmad Nazrul Hakimi, Rosyidi, Sri Atmaja P., Abdul Hassan, Norhidayah
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2019
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88008/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.01.203

This study examines the effect of mixing varying percentages of nano-silica (NS), i.e. 2, 4 and 6% (by weight of polymer-modified bitumen, PMB) with PMB, in unaged and aged conditions. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and dynamic shear rheo...