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    • A new proposal to assess shear fatigue resistance of asphalt pavement interfaces 

      Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo; Ortiz Ripoll, Jorge; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée; Botella Nieto, Ramón; Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; López Montero, Teresa (2021-05)
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      The degree of adherence between two bituminous layers can be assessed from shear tests carried out at constant displacement speed, which allow the shear strength and stiffness of the interface to be obtained, being usual ...
    • Analysis of cracking resistance of bituminous mixtures under monotonic and cyclic loads 

      Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée; Botella Nieto, Ramón (Springer, 2016)
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      Although cracking resistance is one of the most important properties affecting the durability of asphalt mixtures, this property is often not considered as a requirement in the mixture design stage, and the bitumen content ...
    • Analysis of cracking resistance of bituminous mixtures under monotonic and cyclic loads 

      Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée; Botella Nieto, Ramón (2017-11)
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      Although cracking resistance is one of the most important properties affecting the durability of asphalt mixtures, this property is often not considered as a requirement in the mixture design stage, and the bitumen content ...
    • Analysis of temperature effect on bituminous mixtures fatigue behaviour using the EBADE test 

      Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Botella Nieto, Ramón; Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée (2013)
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      The EBADE test has been developed at the Road Research Laboratory of the UPC-Barcelona Tech to assess the fatigue behavior of the mixtures by applying a cyclic tensile-compression test to a prismatic specimen at different ...
    • Analysis of the ageing effect on the cyclic tension–compression loading behaviour of bitumen and mastics 

      Micaelo, Rui; Botella Nieto, Ramón; Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Sá da Costa, Margarida (Elsevier, 2020-05)
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      Within the bituminous mixture the binder is subjected to different stress-state modes but the cyclic loading response is usually characterized on shear mode. This research investigates the evolution with ageing of the ...
    • Analysis of the effect of the compaction procedure of asphalt specimens with marshall and gyratory compactor on the volumetric and mechanical properties 

      Araya Zamorano, Loreto Andrea; Hernández-Barrera, Diana; Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée; Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo (2014)
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      The study is focused on evaluating the influence of compaction variables with the Superpave Gyratory Compactor (SGC) in volumetric and mechanical properties of asphalt mixtures. At the Road Research Laboratory of the ...
    • Analysis of the thixotropic behavior and the deterioration process of bitumen in fatigue tests 

      Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Botella Nieto, Ramón; Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée (2015-12)
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      The characterization of fatigue damage on bituminous materials under cyclic loading has been classically studied using tests and procedures previously developed for the characterization of metallic materials. However, these ...
    • Análisis de diferentes técnicas de ensayos para la evaluación de la adherencia de las capas bituminosas ultradelgadas (AUTL) 

      Carnerero, Jorge; Sánchez Pallarés, María; López Marco, José Ramón; Pérez Báguena, Lorena; Máñez, Ausias; Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée (Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Mezclas Asfálticas (ASEFMA), 2022)
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      La creciente utilización de mezclas Ultradelgadas, conocidas generalmente AUTL (Asphalt Ultra-Thin Layer), han llevado a diversas administraciones a preguntarse si los ensayos que actualmente están recogidos dentro de la ...
    • Análisis de la evolución de las propiedades: ductilidad, tenacidad y flexibilidad de los betunes durante su envejecimiento 

      García Gil, Lívia; Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo (2018)
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      En el estudio del envejecimiento de los betunes a penas se ha tenido en cuenta su propiedad más característica: su poder aglomerante. Los ligantes bituminosos aglomeran los áridos mediante unas uniones dúctiles y tenaces. ...
    • Análisis del efecto del tipo de proceso y de ligante en el reciclado de mezclas bituminosas con 100% de material fresado de pavimentos 

      Nosetti, Rodolfo Adrián; Pérez Madrigal, Domingo; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée; Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo (2017)
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      El Laboratorio de Caminos de la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (Barcelona, España) ha desarrollado un nuevo ensayo a tracción directa, ensayo Fénix, que permite determinar la rigidez, energía de fractura y ductilidad ...
    • Aplicación del ensayo Fénix para dosificar mezclas resistentes al fallo por fatiga 

      Valdés Vidal, Gonzalo A.; Botella Nieto, Ramón; Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo (2010-05-19)
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      El deterioro producido por la fatiga de las mezclas bituminosas es uno de los fallos más frecuentes en los pavimentos flexibles. Sin embargo, debido a la complejidad de los ensayos cíclicos que permiten evaluar el ...
    • Assessing heat-adhesive emulsions for tack coats 

      Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée; Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo (Institution of Civil Engineers, 2005)
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      The use of conventional emulsions for tack coats can cause problems as they frequently stick to the tyres of construction vehicles. Consequently, the bond between the asphalt layers is inadequate. Recently, new types ...
    • Assessment of cracking resistance of bituminous mixtures by means of Fenix test 

      Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée; Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Botella Nieto, Ramón; Valdés Vidal, Gonzalo A. (Springer, 2012)
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      This paper shows the application of a new direct tensile test developed at the Road Research Laboratory of the Department of Transport and Regional Planning of the Technical University of Catalonia. The test is called ...
    • Assessment of moisture effect on open graded mixes using water sensitivity and Cántabro after immersion tests 

      Rubio, Baltasar; Jiménez, Rafael; Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée (CRC Press, 2009)
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      In Spain, water damage on the cohesion of porous asphalt (PA) and asphalt concrete for very thin layers (BBTM mixtures with a void content over 12%) was assessed using the Cántabro after immersion test (NLT-352). European ...
    • Binder, mastic and mixture fatigue characterization using a cyclic uniaxial strain sweep test 

      Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Botella Nieto, Ramón; Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo; Paez-Dueñas, Antonio; Barceló-Martínez, Francisco José; Carrera, Virginia (2014)
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      Fatigue cracking is a major problem in bituminous pavements. The bitumen and mastic properties influence very strongly on the final mixture fatigue behaviour. For that reason it is very important to study the fatigue ...
    • Caracterización acústica de mezclas bituminosas con polvo de caucho: correlación con textura 

      Paje, S.E.; Bueno, M.; Terán, F.; Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo; Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée (2009-11)
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      El objeto de este trabajo ha sido caracterizar el comportamiento acústico in situ de mezclas bituminosas que contienen polvo de caucho procedente de neumáticos fuera de uso incorporadas por diferentes métodos. Las mezclas ...
    • Caracterización y evaluación de la ejecución de las capas ultrafinas 

      Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée; Barral, Marisol; Loma, Javier (Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Mezclas Asfálticas (ASEFMA), 2022)
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      La caracterización de las mezclas ultrafinas (AUTL) debe realizarse considerando el sistema global constituido por la propia mezcla y su adherencia a la capa soporte. Para poder llevar a cabo su caracterización en este ...
    • Characterization of half-warm-mix asphalt with high rates of reclaimed asphalt pavement 

      Botella Nieto, Ramón; Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo; Guisado Mateo, Francisco; Ramírez Rodríguez, Antonio (2016)
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      The current growing awareness about the preservation of the environment, has led the asphalt technicians to assess and correct resulting impacts from the manufacture and application of bituminous mixtures. The concept of ...
    • Classification and design of bituminous mixtures based on the variation of their strength and toughness with temperature: Fenix stress-strain diagram 

      Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée; Botella Nieto, Ramón; López Montero, Teresa (World Road Association (PIARC), 2019)
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      The trend in road construction is to establish specifications based on functional and structural performance of the pavement layers. This trend gives construction companies more freedom to design and improve their products, ...
    • Complexity of the behaviour of asphalt materials in cyclic testing 

      Pérez Jiménez, Félix Edmundo; Botella Nieto, Ramón; López Montero, Teresa; Miró Recasens, José Rodrigo; Martínez Reguero, Adriana Haydée (2017-05)
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      This paper compares the results obtained in two types of cyclic tension-compression tests, a time sweep test, constant strain amplitude, and a strain sweep test, increasing strain amplitude every 5000 cycles, called EBADE ...