TY - CHAP AU - Podolsky Vladislav Petrovich AU - Lukashuk Alexandr Gennadievich AU - Tyukov Evgeny Borisovich AU - Chernousov Dmitry Ivanovich ED - Jose Luis Rivera-Armenta ED - Beatriz Adriana Salazar-Cruz Y1 - 2018-09-19 PY - 2018 T1 - The Enhancement of Asphalt Concrete Surface Rigidity Based on Application of Shungite-Bitumen Binder N2 - Asphalt modification is an important area in the development of new road and pavement materials. There is an urgent demand for road materials that can minimize fracture at low temperatures and increase resistance to deformation at high temperatures. The function of asphalt is to bind aggregate to protect it from water and other harmful agents. In the beginning asphalt was ideal for this purpose, but recently traffic loads have increased and environmental factors have deteriorated more rapidly than before. Asphalt is a byproduct of crude oil in the refining process, and it is considered a complex heterogeneous mixture of hydrocarbons. Asphalt modification has become an important research area, using several methods and new materials as modifiers. BT - Modified Asphalt SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.76877 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.76877 SN - 978-1-78923-727-6 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -