Eiffage Travaux Publics

Lea-Co International

François Olard

Jean-Pierre Antoine

Serge Krafft

Patrick Huon

The invention relates to coated material for the base layer of road pavement, made up of aggregate coated with a hydrocarbon binder, wherein the aggregate is more than 95 wt % of the coated material; wherein the aggregate includes a granular structure, which includes a plurality of granular fractions d/D; one intermediate fraction of which is less than 15% of the granules; wherein the hydrocarbon binder is less than 5 wt % of the coated material; wherein the coated material includes, after compacting, a void fraction of less than 8%; wherein the hydrocarbon binder is a hydrocarbon binder modified by adding polymers or oil, or modified by foaming or by emulsion, by means of which the modulus of rigidity of the coated material, once compacted, is higher than 9000 MPa.

High-performance coated material for pavement and a road surface

The method comprises a stage of drying of the granular materials followed by a stage of coating of the whole thereof with a hot bituminous binder. According to the invention, the drying stage is carried out in conditions which allow a fraction of the initial humidity of the granular materials to remain. The invention has application in road building.

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Lyons, France

François Olard