Recycled Asphalt Materials: Binder Availability and Its Impact on Mix Performance (2026)
Chapter: Abbreviations
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"Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2026. Recycled Asphalt Materials: Binder Availability and Its Impact on Mix Performance. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/29391.
ABBREVIATIONS
| AFM | Atomic Force Microscopy |
| AMPT | Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester |
| A-OBC | RBA-adjusted Optimum Binder Content |
| BBR | Bending Beam Rheometer |
| BMD | Balanced Mix Design |
| COAC | Corrected Optimum Asphalt Content |
| CTIndex | Cracking Tolerance Index |
| D/P Ratio | Dust-to-asphalt Ratio |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| DR | Failure Criterion |
| DSR | Dynamic Shear Rheometer |
| DTCF | Direct Tensile Cyclic Fatigue |
| DWT | Dongre Workability Test |
| E* | Dynamic Modulus |
| EDS | Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy |
| ELTA | Extended Long-term Aging |
| FTIR | Fourier-transform Infrared Spectroscopy |
| G* | Complex Shear Modulus |
| GPC | Gel Permeation Chromatography |
| GRN | Granite |
| Gsb | Bulk Specific Gravity of Aggregate |
| Gse | Effective Specific Gravity of Aggregate |
| HMS | Asphalt Mixture Solvent Extraction |
| HWTT | Hamburg Wheel Tracking Test |
| IDEAL-CT | Indirect Tensile Asphalt Cracking Test |
| IDEAL-RT | Indirect Tensile Asphalt Rutting Test |
| IDT | Indirect Tensile |
| LCCA | Life-cycle Cost Analysis |
| LMS | Limestone |
| LTA | Lont-term Aging |
| NCAT | National Center for Asphalt Technology |
| NPV | Net Present Value |
| OBC | Optimum Binder Content |
| PAV | Pressure Aging Vessel |
| PG | Performance Grade |
| PGH | High-temperature PG |
| PGI | Intermediate-temperature PG |
Suggested Citation:
"Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2026. Recycled Asphalt Materials: Binder Availability and Its Impact on Mix Performance. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/29391.
| PGL | Low-temperature PG |
| PMA | Polymer-modified Asphalt |
| RA | Recycling Agent |
| RAM | Recycled Asphalt Material |
| RAP | Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement |
| RAS | Recycled Asphalt Shingle |
| RBA | Recycled Binder Availability |
| RBR | Recycled Binder Ratio |
| RILEM | International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures |
| RTFO | Rolling Thin Film Oven |
| RTIndex | Rutting Tolerance Index |
| Sapp | Damage Capacity Index |
| SBS | Styrene-butadiene-styrene |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| SGC | Superpave Gyratory Compactor |
| STA | Short-term Aging |
| TCE | Trichloroethylene |
| TTI | Texas A&M Transportation Institute |
| VFA | Voids Filled with Asphalt |
| VMA | Voids in Mineral Aggregate |
| V-OBC | Volumetric Optimum Binder Content |
| WMA | Warm Mix Asphalt |
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