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Mastering bitumen for better roads and innovative applications

École des Ponts ParisTech

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During the four coming weeks, best experts in bitumen will bring you their knowledge and experience to build a strong understanding of today’s realities and new perspectives on the future of bitumen.
Total is the European leader on bitumen markets. Innovation has always been the key to sustainability and durability in the products they develop. Their main objective here is to share technical knowledge and experience to insure bitumen are being used in the most effective and efficient ways for their different applications in road works.

Ecole des Ponts, France oldest engineering school, remains very much in the present, as it has always been, in training engineers in order to meet the needs of our society and citizens in key areas such as transport housing and urban services, but also in fields like energy, environment, climate sciences, land-use planning and sustainable development.

Nineteen world recognized experts on bitumen are contributing to this MOOC.

The idea is to provide the broadest prism on this topic area with speakers coming from research, industry and end users.

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Approx. 7 hours to complete

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Skills you will gain

Energy
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Road Construction

Flexible deadlines

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Intermediate Level

Approx. 7 hours to complete

English

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École des Ponts ParisTech, may be France’s oldest engineering school (since 1747), but it remains young and very much in the present, as it has always been, in training talented, innovative future leaders in order to transform today’s realities and build tomorrow’s world in key areas of day-to-day life, such as transport, housing, and urban services, and also in foundational fields like energy, environment, climate sciences, spatial planning or sustainable development…

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Bitumen market, generalities, the manufacture of bitumen, transport, uses of bitumen, main developments and alternatives

Origins, history, definition, terminology | market per geographical areas, figures of consumption, main producers, capacities of production, ranking, main flows between areas | global development of motorised transport - cars, airplane - was one of the single most development of 20-21st centuries | global development of buidings, roofing and other applications of bitumen | difference between bitumen, cement and tar coal. Advantages and drawback of each | different ways of transport of bitumen and present the supply chain diagram and restrictions. ADR Regulation | sampling, handling and safety principles. Hazard from handling hot bitumen is thermal burns.

2 hours to complete

11 videos (Total 67 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

11 videos

Introduction : reception and the MOOC challenge2mPresentation and welcome to the MOOC3m1- Bitumen: Origins, history, definition, terminology6m2 - Bitumen manufacturing process5m3 - Global bitumen market, main uses and development7m4 - Application in roads: global view7m5 - Interview of a toll motorway manager. Final customer expectations.5m6 - Industrial application: global view8m7 - Difference between bitumen, cement and coal tar6m8 - Transport of bitumen - ADR Regulation-8m9 - Sampling, handling and safety principles-4m

1 reading

Presentation page of week 210m

1 practice exercise

End of week 130m

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Constitution, structure and characterization of bitumen - specifications-rheology

Schematic constitution and structure of bitumen, relationship between structure and rheology | Performance tests | Bitumen 3 states | Penetration test EN 1426 & Softening Point EN 142 | viscosity measurement EN 12596, EN 12595, Explanation of breaking point Fraass measurement EN 12593 | testing Binder after RTFOT, after RTFOT and PAV | Euopean specifications and process of revision | Viscosity based standards (ASTM D3381 | Deformation and flow. Elasticity, plasticity, visoc-elasticity. Newtonian, Non-Newtonian behaviour. Stress-strain response, shear modulus and phase angle. | Bending Beam Rheometer (BBR) and Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR) | Superpave specifications.

2 hours to complete

11 videos (Total 78 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

11 videos

10 - Composition of bitumen8m11 - Road-construction bitumens characteristics -1 - generalities6m12 - Road-construction bitumens characteristics -2 - Penetrability & Softening Point7m13 - Road-construction bitumens characteristics -3 - viscosity & breaking point Fraass6m14 - road-construction bitumens characteristics -4 - ageing12m15 - Bituminous product standards /Understanding European specifications and process for revision10m16 - Viscosity based standards (ASTM D3381)5m17 - Rheology of bitumens6m18 - Road-construction bitumens characteristics -5- Bending Beam Rheometer and Dynamic shear Rheometer and MSCRT7m19 - Superpave bitumen Specifications4m20 - Global view of bitumen products standards and development3m

1 reading

Presentation page of week 310m

1 practice exercise

End of week 2 quiz30m

Week3

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Modifications of bitumen and applications (roads, roofing,…)

Modifications using polymers. Performance of PmB. Elastic recovery test. | of types of modifications of bitumen: CRMB, warm mix asphalt, temperature reduction | Bitumen emulsions, their components, manufacture, storage, handling, properties, classification, uses | surface treatments | design of pavements and types of aggregates | fundamental tests, the simulative tests (fatigue test, rutting test, giratory compactor,…) | interest of full scale testing of asphalt mix: example of IFSTTAR carousel | Hot mix plants, transport, laying and compaction of asphalt mix | physical characteristics and industrial applications for sealing.

2 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 68 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

9 videos

21 - Polymer modified bitumens8m22 - Other types of modifications of bitumen: CRMB, temperature reduction6m23 - Bitumen emulsions9m24 - Surface treatments7m25 - Understanding design of flexible pavements and types of aggregates7m26 - Laboratory testing of asphalt mix9m27 - Full scale testing of asphalt mix: IFSTTAR carousel6m28 - Hot mix plants, transport, laying and compaction of asphalt mix6m29 - Roofing applications of bitumen - other binders and uses (clear binders,...)5m

1 reading

Presentation page on the content of week 410m

1 practice exercise

End of week 330m

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Health, Safety, Environment & Quality concerns regarding bitumen, and examples of research & innovation actions

Dangers and risks involved with road-building bitumens | Dangers and risks involved with industrial bitumens. | Innovation in the frame of safety with bitumen | Research and Innovation applied for recycling of asphalt pavement, of the use of waste asphalt pavement containing bitumen and not tar, for manufacturing new product.| Research and Innovation applied for bio bitumen Algoroute program and other origins of bitumen | Research and Innovation applied for environmental issues and life cycle inventory (LCI | Key areas for the Research and Innovation applied for bitumen new tests methods | Road of the future:: 5th generation road.

2 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 53 min)

7 videos

30 - Dangers and risks associated with Bitumen. REACH regulation and registration of bitumen. Research and innovation to improve safety with bitumen10m31 - Research and Innovation applied for recycling of asphalt pavement7m32 - Research and Innovation applied for bio bitumen Algoroute program and other origins9m33 - Research and Innovation applied for environmental issues and life cycle inventory (LCI)6m34 - Research and Innovation applied for new tests method in bitumen characterization9m35 - Road of the future: 5th generation road6mConclusion : Training final result2m

2 practice exercises

End of week 4 quiz30mFINAL QUIZZ30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM MASTERING BITUMEN FOR BETTER ROADS AND INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS

by NTMay 31, 2020

A very informative and comprehensive course that has helped me greatly in understanding the concepts of bitumen used in the Road construction.

by MAJan 10, 2017

The course is really help full and it contains all the topics and things about bitumen, by taking this course I am sure you will never faced to problem relaying to bitumen.

by SDMay 11, 2020

The course was very interesting and with many facts. I got through knowledge of the contents. All the speakers were excellent in knowledge and experience. Thank you.

by KAJul 12, 2020

Course improved my knowledge on bitumen history, characteristics and applications but their should be complete delivering of knowledge on modern techniques about Marshal stability and super pave.

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Mastering bitumen for better roads and innovative applications

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Instructors

Eric GOSSE

Armel de la BOURDONNAYE

Sophie LIMBORG

Mike SOUTHERN

Clémence QUEFFELEC

Gilles GAUTHIER

Olivier GAMET

John D'ANGELO

Gary SCHOFIELD

Nicolas HAUTIERE

Frédéric ANDRZEJEWSKI

Jean Pascla PLANCHE

Virginie MOUILLET

Hélène AZOULAY

Nadège VO VINH

Cécile GIACOBI

Laurence LAPALU

Yves BROSSEAUD

Emmanuel CHAILLEUX

Jean-François CORTE

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Bitumen market, generalities, the manufacture of bitumen, transport, uses of bitumen, main developments and alternatives

Constitution, structure and characterization of bitumen - specifications-rheology

Modifications of bitumen and applications (roads, roofing,…)

Health, Safety, Environment & Quality concerns regarding bitumen, and examples of research & innovation actions

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TOP REVIEWS FROM MASTERING BITUMEN FOR BETTER ROADS AND INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS

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