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Technical papers - Presentations
- Thesis
Abatech's
team of professional and chartered engineers have been involved in
developing standard specifications, technical papers and other
publications. Various documents have been included on this web
- either as a PDF file or link were papers are copyright by an
external publisher. In some cases the presentations have been
provided.
Technical
papers:
2011
Rowe, G.M., Blankenship, P., Zuberer, D. and Sharrock, M.J.,
"Verification
of the performance of thermoplastic plant mix additive used to produce
bridge deck waterproofing materials," Transportation Research
Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Rowe,
G.M. and Sharrock, M.J., "Alternate
Shift Factor Relationship For Describing The Temperature Dependency Of
The Visco-Elastic Behavior Of Asphalt Materials,"
Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
2010
Rowe, G.M., Blankenship, P. and Zuberer, D., "Evaluation
of Rheology and Engineering Properties of a Bridge Deck Thermo-Plastic
Waterproofing Material,"
2010 FHWA Bridge Engineering Conference, April
8 and 9, 2010 Hyatt Regency, Grand Cypress Hotel, Orlando, Florida,
April 8-9, 2010.
2009
Rowe, G.M., Hakimzadeh, S., Blankenship, P. and Mahboub, K.C.,
"Evaluation of Aspects of E* Test Using HMA
Specimens with Varying Void Contents," Transportation Research
Board Annual Meeting, January, 2009. Also published in Journal
of the Transportation Research Board No. 2127.
Rowe, G.M, Sharrock, M.J., D'Angelo, J.A. and Huber, G.,
"Evaluation of HMA E* Variation in Pavement Structures with
Materials Produced for the Binzhou Expressway, Shandong," Road
Materials and Pavement Design, ICAM, pages 189 to 210.
2007
Rowe, G.M. and Baumgardner, G.L., Evaluation of the Rheological
Properties and Master Curve Development for Bituminous Binders Used in
Roofing," Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 4, No. 9 Paper ID
JAI101016, Available online at www.astm.org
Baumgardner, G.L. and Rowe, G.M., "Specifications for Roofing and
Industrial Asphalts Using Dynamic Shear Rheometry," Journal of
ASTM International, Vol. 4, No. 8 Paper ID JAI101044, Available online
at www.astm.org
2004
Rayner, C. and Rowe, G.M, "Properties
of Mastics Using Different Fillers with Both Unmodified and
EVA-Modified Binders," Proceedings, Eurasphalt &
Eurobitume Congress, Vienna, April 2004.
2002
Pavement Evaluation 2002 - A Joint Meeting of the FWD and Road
Profilers Users Groups, Roanoke, Virginia, October 21 to 25
Detection
Of Segregation In Asphalt Pavement Materials Using The ARAN Profile
System, G.M. Rowe, J.N. Meegoda, A.A. Jumikis, M.J. Sharrock, N.
Bandara and H. Hettiarachchi.
1997
Rowe, G.M. and Brown, S.F., "Validation of the Fatigue
Performance of Asphalt Mixtures with Small Scale Wheel Tracking
Experiments," Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving
Technologists, Volume 66, Pages 31-64.
Rowe, G.M. and Brown, S.F., "Fatigue
Life Prediction using Visco-Elastic Analysis," International Society
of Asphalt Pavements.
1995
Rowe, G.M., Brown, S.F., Sharrock, M.J. and Bouldin, M.G., "Visco-Elastic
Analysis of Hot Mix Asphalt Pavement Structures," Paper
presented at TRB and Transportation Research Record 1482, l995.
1994
Bouldin, M.G., Rowe, G.M., Sousa, J.B. and Sharrock, M.J.,
"Mix
Rheology - A Tool For Predicting The High Temperature Performance of
Hot Mix Asphalt," Journal of Association of Asphalt Paving
Technologists, Volume 63, Pages 182-210.
1993
Rowe, G.M., "Performance
of Asphalt Mixtures in the Trapezoidal Fatigue Test," Volume
62, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, Volume 62, pages
344-384.
1988
Heather, W., Laitinen, J.T. and Rowe, G.M., "The
Asphapol process and Polyphalt materials," Asphalt 88,
Highways, January, 1988.
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Presentations:
2011
Rowe, G.M., Baumgardner, G. and Sharrock, M.J.,
"Application of Rheological
Models to Modified Binders," 48th Petersen Asphalt Research Conference, Laramie, Wyoming, July
11-13.
Rowe, G.M., Blankenship, P., Zuberer, D. and Sharrock, M.J.,
"Verification
of the performance of thermoplastic plant mix additive used to produce
bridge deck waterproofing materials," Transportation Research
Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Rowe,
G.M. and Sharrock, M.J., "Alternate
Shift Factor Relationship For Describing The Temperature Dependency Of
The Visco-Elastic Behavior Of Asphalt Materials,"
Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. (POSTER
- high resolution version available on request)
2010
Rowe, G.M., Blankenship, P. and Zuberer, D., "Evaluation
of Rheology and Engineering Properties of a Bridge Deck Thermo-Plastic
Waterproofing Material,"
2010 FHWA Bridge Engineering Conference, April
8 and 9, 2010 Hyatt Regency, Grand Cypress Hotel, Orlando, Florida,
April 8-9, 2010.
2009
Rowe, G.M., Baumgardner, G., Reinke, G., D'Angelo, J. and Anderson,
D., "Warm
mix study with the use of wax modified asphalt binders,"
Binder ETG Meeting, Irvine, CA, Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Rowe, G.M., Hakimzadeh, S., Blankenship, P. and Mahboub, K.C., "University
of KY Evaluation of Aspects of E* Test Using HMA Specimens with
Varying Void Contents," Transportation Research Board Annual
Meeting, January, 2009.
2008
Dr.
Geoffrey M. Rowe "Master
curve properties interrelationships with mix and binder data,"
RAP ETG
Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, October 28-29, 2008.
45th Petersen Asphalt Research Conference, Laramie, Wyoming, July
14-16
A Generalized Logistic Function
to describe the Master Curve Stiffness Properties of Binder Mastics
and Mixtures, Geoffrey M. Rowe, Abatech Inc., Gaylon Baumgardner,
Paragon Technical Services, Mark J. Sharrock, Abatech International
Ltd.
Phase Angle Determination and
Interrelationships within Bituminous Materials, Geoffrey M. Rowe,
Abatech Inc.
Historical and Current
Rheological Binder Characterization vs. Binder Performance,
Dr. David A. Anderson, Consultant, Dr. Geoffrey M. Rowe, ABATECH INC.,
Dr. Donald Christensen, Advanced Asphalt Technologies, LLC.
2003
Rowe, G.M. and Sharrock, M.J., "The
Direct Tension Test and the Behavior of Asphalt Binders at Low and
Intermediate Temperatures," The 4th International symposium
on Binder Rheology and Pavement Performance, Scottsdale, Arizona
September 22-23, 2003.
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Thesis:
1996
Rowe, G.M. "Application
of the Dissipated Energy Concept to Fatigue Cracking in Asphalt
Pavements," Thesis submitted to the University of Nottingham
(Department of Civil Engineering) for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy, January 1996.
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