The Asphalt Handbook

Summarizes, with references, the information contained in other Asphalt Institute technical manuals. Further, it contains additional data ...

For more than 70 years, "MS-4" has served the asphalt industry as its primary reference manual. This new, expanded edition showcases the advances in asphalt technology, covering such topics as superpave courses, asphalt binder, quality control, and rehabilitation of concrete pavements with HMA.

The Asphalt Binder Handbook is a comprehensive manual that is devoted entirely to information about asphalt binders or bitumen. It is a compilation of the information in many other Asphalt Institute publications along with unpublished information on topics such as the Multiple-Stress Creep Recovery (MSCR)test, testing variability and resolution and the generation of mastercurves.

Shell has been at the forefront of bitumen technology for over 90 years, and continues to play a leading role in global bitumen research and development. The Shell Bitumen Handbook is an authoritative source of information on bitumen use in road pavements around the world.