Effect of carbon black on the dynamic moduli of asphalt mixtures and its master curves

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 918-925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuangmin Li ◽  
Fanbo Ning ◽  
Yuanyuan Li
2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunawan Wibisono ◽  
Hamid Nikraz

In the new AASHTO Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG), the dynamic modulus |E*| test has been selected to assess the performance of asphalt concretes. The type of test, which relates asphalt mixtures modulus to temperature and time rate of loading, is never used in Western Australia. This paper presents a study on the dynamic modulus of typical Western Australia asphalt mixtures. Five mixtures with 10mm nominal sizes and two types of bitumen classes, i.e. C170 (Pen 60/80) and C320 (Pen 40/60) comply with Main Road Western Australia (MRWA) Specification were used in the research. Mixing and compacting process were carried out according to Austroads methods. The specimens were compacted using a gyratory compactor to achieve 5±0.5% target air void. Testing was performed at four temperatures (4, 20, 40 and 55OC) and six frequencies (25, 10, 5, 1, 0.5, 0.1 and 0.05 Hz). Dynamic modulus and phase angle master curves were generated from the results. The master curves were compared to the curves from Witczak’s predictive equation. From this preliminary study, it was found that the measured values correlated well with the predictive equation except at high temperatures or low frequencies. 


2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 104610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Lacroix ◽  
Y. Richard Kim ◽  
Consuelo Arellano

2012 ◽  
Vol 511 ◽  
pp. 60-63
Author(s):  
Yu Zheng Ren ◽  
Jie Zhu Liu ◽  
Biao Ma ◽  
Sha Sha Wang

Directly mixing the PCM to asphalt mixture may adversely affect mixture performance. By the experiment of SEM, the diffusion-absorption circle testing and the DSC, the micro-morphology and the adsorption characteristics to PCM of four carriers and the thermal properties of the composite shape-stabilized phase change materials (CSPCM) were analyzed. The results showed that the activated carbon, the floating bead and the white carbon black have more developed porous structure. The white carbon black has the best effect on the adsorption of PCM. The shape-stabilized PCM prepared by the physical adsorption method has the leakage problem. The CSPCM with the white carbon black carrier has the best heat storage capacity. The white carbon black is the best carrier of PCM for asphalt mixture.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 5051
Author(s):  
Fei Zhang ◽  
Lan Wang ◽  
Chao Li ◽  
Yongming Xing

To identify the most accurate approach for constructing of the dynamic modulus master curves for warm mix crumb rubber modified asphalt mixtures and assess the feasibility of predicting the phase angle master curves from the dynamic modulus ones. The SM (Sigmoidal model) and GSM (generalized sigmoidal model) were utilized to construct the dynamic modulus master curve, respectively. Subsequently, the master curve of phase angle could be predicted from the master curve of dynamic modulus in term of the K-K (Kramers–Kronig) relations. The results show that both SM and GSM can predict the dynamic modulus very well, except that the GSM shows a slightly higher correlation coefficient than SM. Therefore, it is recommended to construct the dynamic modulus master curve using GSM and obtain the corresponding phase angle master curve in term of the K-K relations. The Black space diagram and Wicket diagram were utilized to verify the predictions were consistent with the LVE (linear viscoelastic) theory. Then the master curve of storage modulus and loss modulus were also obtained. Finally, the creep compliance and relaxation modulus can be used to represent the creep and relaxation properties of warm-mix crumb rubber-modified asphalt mixtures.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (17) ◽  
pp. 4910
Author(s):  
Ping Zhang ◽  
Lan Ouyang ◽  
Lvzhen Yang ◽  
Yi Yang ◽  
Guofeng Lu ◽  
...  

As environmentally friendly materials, carbon black and bio-oil can be used as modifiers to effectively enhance the poor high-temperature and low-temperature performance of base asphalt and its mixture. Different carbon black and bio-oil contents and shear time were selected as the test influencing factors in this work. Based on the Box–Behnken design (BBD), carbon black/bio-oil composite modified asphalt was prepared to perform the softening point, penetration, multiple stress creep and recovery (MSCR), and bending beam rheometer (BBR) tests. The response surface method (RSM) was used to analyze the test results. In addition, the base asphalt mixtures and the optimal performance carbon black/bio-oil composite modified asphalt mixtures were formed for rutting and low-temperature splitting tests. The results show that incorporating carbon black can enhance the asphalt’s high-temperature performance by the test results of irrecoverable creep compliance (Jnr) and strain recovery rate (R). By contrast, the stiffness modulus (S) and creep rate (M) test results show that bio-oil can enhance the asphalt’s low-temperature performance. The quadratic function models between the performance indicators of carbon black/bio-oil composite modified asphalt and the test influencing factors were established based on the RSM. The optimal performance modified asphalt mixture’s carbon black and bio-oil content was 15.05% and 9.631%, and the shear time was 62.667 min. It was revealed that the high-temperature stability and low-temperature crack resistance of the carbon black/bio-oil composite modified asphalt mixture were better than that of the base asphalt mixture because of its higher dynamic stability (DS) and toughness. Therefore, carbon black/bio-oil composite modified asphalt mixture can be used as a new type of choice for road construction materials, which is in line with green development.


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