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Recommendation of RILEM TC 182-PEB on bending beam and rheometer measurements of bituminous binders

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  • RILEM TC 182-PEB: ‘Performance Testing and Evaluation of Bituminous Materials’
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The text presented hereafter is a draft for general consideration. Comments should be sent to the TC Chairman: Dr. Manfred N. Partl, EMPA, Überlandstrasse 129, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Tel.: +41 1 823 41 13; Fax: +41 1 821 62 44; Email: manfred.part@empa.ch, by 30 April 2005.

TC Membership—Chairman: Manfred N. Partl, Switzerland;Secretary: Chantal De la Roche, France;Members: Hussein Bahia, USA; Leif Bakløkk, Norway; W. Bańkowski, Poland; Jorge Manuel Barreira De Sousa, Portugal; John D. Bethune, Australia; Yves Brosseaud, France; Mike Butcher, Australia; William G. Buttlar, USA; Arieh Calahora, Israel; Francesco Canestrari, Italy; Armelle Chabot, France; Jian-Shiuh Chen, Taiwan; Andrew Collop, United Kingdom; Hervé Di Benedetto, France; Louis Francken Belgium; Rémy Gubler, Switzerland; Rob Hofman, The Netherlands; Martin Hugener, Switzerland; Ulf Isacsson, Sweden; Ilan Ishai, Israel; Hussain A. Khalid, United Kingdom; Burgard Koenders, France; Marcello Luminari, Italy; Jorge Carvalho Pais, Portugal; Herald Piber, Austria; Adriaan Cornelis Pronk, The Netherlands; Christiane Raab, Switzerland; Guy Ramond, France; Geoffrey M. Rowe, USA; Safwat Said, Sweden; Milorad Smiljanic, Serbia; Hilde Soenen, Belgium; Dariusz Sybilski, Poland; Sandor Toth, Hungary; Ann Vanelstraete, Belgium; Matthew W. Witczak, USA; Ludo Zanzotto, Canada.

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Sybilski, D., Vanelstraete, A. & Partl, M.N. Recommendation of RILEM TC 182-PEB on bending beam and rheometer measurements of bituminous binders. Mat. Struct. 37, 539–546 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481578

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