Author:Anochie-Boateng, Joseph; Tutumluer, EDate:Sep 2014Oil sands are natural deposits of sand materials that are rich in bitumen. Limited studies have been conducted to determine the dynamic behavior of oil sand materials. Recent difficulties encountered in oil sand mine fields in Canada substantiated ...Read more
Author:Anochie-Boateng, Joseph; Tutumluer, EDate:May 2009Oil sand materials are natural bituminous sand deposits that are rich in bitumen or asphalt content to the extent that oil can be extracted from these deposits. The presence of high viscous bitumen content in the oil sand composition makes ...Read more
Author:Grobler, JE; Rust, FC; Vos, RMDate:Oct 1994Granular Emulsion Mixes (GEMS) are used in a wide range or road applications, ranging from low volume roads in developing areas to freeways in developing urban areas. In this paper a dual design approach for granular emulsion mixes (GEMS) is ...Read more
Author:Van Assen, EJ; Vlok, M; Rust, FCDate:Aug 1992The poor performance of asphalt surfacings either during construction or in-service, can be very traumatic to contractor, client, consultant, road-user and ultimately to the taxpayer. The binder is quite often blamed, with or without ...Read more