Tag: properties of bitumen

Roads, Transportation Engineering

Bitumen for roads – Bitumen Uses, Grades and Types

Vinod Gopinath

Bitumen for road is an important topic to understand the construction of roads. I will walk you through how important bitumen is for road construction. Also, we will see bitumen road layers, different bituminous materials, cutback bitumen, grade of bitumen and properties of bitumen. A comparison between bitumen and tar will also be discussed in the sections.

Bitumen, Building Materials

Bitumen tests – 9 lab tests for flexible pavements.

Vinod Gopinath

Bitumen is a binding material extensively used in the construction of flexible pavements, damp-proofing of the basement, floors, waterproofing of roofs, corrosion protection of reinforcement structures, etc.