Advances in Civil Engineering
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 329084, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/329084
Research Article

Aging Influence on Fatigue Characteristics of RAC Mixtures Containing Warm Asphalt Additives

Feipeng Xiao,1 Wenbin Zhao,2 and Serji N. Amirkhanian2

1Asphalt Rubber Technology Service, Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0911, USA
2Department of Civil Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0911, USA

Received 31 May 2009; Revised 14 January 2010; Accepted 9 February 2010

Academic Editor: Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan

Copyright © 2010 Feipeng Xiao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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