Abstract
Rutting is a typical distress of asphalt pavement in high-temperature and heavy-load conditions. The addition of anti-rutting agents is key to improving the high-temperature stability of asphalt mixtures. The effectiveness and modification mechanisms of various anti-rutting agents, including rock asphalt, styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS ), crumb rubber (CR), plastic modifiers (PET, PE, etc.), and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE ), were systematically reviewed. The pavement performance, modification mechanism, construction technology, and performance evaluation methods of various anti-rutting agents were compared, and their modification effectiveness and limitations were analyzed to address critical technical challenges and promote the upgrading of anti-rutting modification technologies. The research indicates that all kinds of anti-rutting agents improve the high-temperature performance of asphalt mainly through physical effects such as surface adsorption, swelling and absorption of light components, and formation of polymer network structures. However, single modifiers have certain limitations:rock asphalt tends to increase the low-temperature brittleness of mixtures, SBS and plastics show poor compatibility with asphalt, CR modified systems suffer insufficient long-term service stability, and TPE materials have high cost and unsatisfactory storage stability. Composite modification can synergistically optimize the high-temperature and low-temperature performance of asphalt, and effectively improve compatibility and storage stability. At the construction process level, the dry or wet processes should be reasonably selected based on the modifier characteristics. Future research should focus on multi-component synergistic composite modification, develop green low-carbon modification technologies such as high-value utilization of solid waste and microwave pretreatment, and establish a unified and standardized evaluation system for anti-rutting performance to continuously innovate asphalt pavement anti-rutting technology toward high efficiency, durability and environmental friendliness.
Publication Date
8-16-2026
DOI
10.14048/j.issn.1671-2579.2026.04.005
First Page
42
Last Page
50
Submission Date
August 2026
Recommended Citation
Zihao, Tang; Xind e, Tang; Ruixin, Fu; and Xuanjie, Zheng
(2026)
"Review on performance evaluation and composite modification mechanism of anti-rutting agents for asphalt pavement,"
Journal of China & Foreign Highway: Vol. 46:
Iss.
4, Article 5.
DOI: 10.14048/j.issn.1671-2579.2026.04.005
Available at:
https://zwgl1980.csust.edu.cn/journal/vol46/iss4/5
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