Research Article

Performance Characterization of Polymer Modified Asphalt Binders and Mixes

Table 3

Test condition adopted for 4PBB test.

S. numberTest parameterTest condition

1Test temperature (°C)20 ± 0.5
2Strain amplitude (10−6 m)200–1000
3Loading frequency (Hz)10
4Air void content (%)4 ± 0.2
5Type of loadingSinusoidal
6Failure conditionWhen the flexural stiffness is reduced to 50% of the initial flexural stiffness or 200000 loading cycles have been applied, whichever occurs first.