Application of high performance PMBs in Asia Pacific Airport Projects

DOI

10.2991/apte-18.2019.14How to use a DOI?

Keywords

airports, high-performance, PMB, specification

Abstract

Asia’s rapid growth in the commercial aviation sector in recent decades has positioned the region as the largest and fastest-growing one in the world. However, aviation infrastructure in this region is struggling to keep pace with this growth, with many airports operating above their planned capacity, resulting in many new airports and upgrading projects in the next 5 years. In the face of challenges such as the operation of New Large Aircrafts(NLAs) and increased air traffic volumes, existing bituminous material requirements are lagging the expectations from airport designer, consultants and operator/management teams. This paper analyzes and compares the requirements between bituminous materials applied for airfields and normal highways. It also shares real-life examples of the application of high performance as well as fit-for-function Polymer Modified Bitumen (PMB) in several regional airports. This paper concludes with proposals for new technical specifications that consider the specific climatic conditions for airport projects in the Asia Pacific region

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yandi Nurkama
AU  - Lu Jia
AU  - Vincent Guwe
AU  - Jeyan Vasudevan
AU  - Dennis Quek
PY  - 2019/10
DA  - 2019/10
TI  - Application of high performance PMBs in Asia Pacific Airport Projects
BT  - Proceedings of the 11th Asia Pacific Transportation and the Environment Conference (APTE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 251
EP  - 256
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/apte-18.2019.14
DO  - 10.2991/apte-18.2019.14
ID  - Nurkama2019/10
ER  -