scholarly journals Study on water stability of asphalt binder with medium weathered igneous rock

2021 ◽  
Vol 293 ◽  
pp. 02055
Author(s):  
Changgui Li ◽  
Yuanhong Tao ◽  
Jingliang Xia

Aiming at the problems of weak acidity of medium weathered igneous rock around Nairobi, Kenya, poor adhesion with asphalt and poor water stability of asphalt binder, the article studied the use of anti-stripping agent, cement, hydrated Lime and other technical measures to improve the water stability of asphalt binder with medium weathered igneous rock. The results showed that the 48h Marshall residual stability of the benchmark asphalt binder without any measures was 78.5%, which did not meet the standard requirements. The Marshall residual stability of medium weathered igneous rock can be significantly improved by adding anti stripping agent, cement and hydrated Lime. After freeze-thaw cycles, the splitting tensile strength of the asphalt binder with medium weathered igneous rock decreased obviously, and the TSR values of the asphalt binder with anti-spalling measures from small to large were K-4, K-3, K-2, K-6 and K-5. The water stability of the medium weathered igneous rock asphalt binder mixed with anti-stripping agent alone had relatively poor durability, and the medium weathered igneous rock asphalt binder mixed with cement and anti-stripping agent had the strongest ability to resist deformation when immersed in water.

2011 ◽  
Vol 266 ◽  
pp. 135-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Qing Yuan ◽  
Dan Ying Gao ◽  
Jun Zhao ◽  
Ji Yu Tang ◽  
Shao Hua Zhai

To improve water stability, we mixed asphalt mixture with cement, slag micro powders and lignin fibers, respectively. The Marshall immersion and freeze-thaw splitting tests were carried out. It is shown that cement replacing mineral powders can improve the water stability of asphalt mixture, especially at the content of 1/3 mineral powders, with a Marshall stability of 11.50 kN and a soaking residual stability of 92.46%, increasing by 10.79% and 6.58%, respectively, than those without any cement. According to the results of cement replaced by slag micro powders, its stability increases by 1.38kN, and the soaking residual stability is 90.64%, but the freeze-thaw splitting tensile strength slightly decreases. It is indicated that the water stability of the asphalt mixture can be improved by adding 0.3% lignin fibers, the soaking residual stability increasing from 86.75% to 97.41% and the ratio of freeze-thaw splitting tensile strength rising from 60.94% to 80.29%. It is concluded that the best effect can be reached by adding 0.3% lignin fibers.


2012 ◽  
Vol 457-458 ◽  
pp. 435-438
Author(s):  
Xue Dong Guo ◽  
Cao Jian ◽  
Xiang Yang Fang

In this paper,study water content and water stability of AC and SMA asphalt mixtures, and reach the following conclusions. In the normal saturated condition, the maximum water content of AC and SMA asphalt mixture is 0.28% and 0.32%.And in the vacuum saturated condition, the maximum water content of AC and SMA asphalt mixture is 0.8% and 0.78%.The water of AC and SMA asphalt mixture separately take 8 days and 9 days to drain completely in the normal saturated condition. But in the vacuum saturated condition, the time is more than two months. In different water content conditions, the splitting tensile strength of AC asphalt mixture is 0%> 100%> 25%> 75%> 50%.But the splitting tensile strength of SMA asphalt mixture is 0%> 100%> 25%> 50%> 75%.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (20) ◽  
pp. 6158
Author(s):  
Cătălina Mihaela Grădinaru ◽  
Adrian Alexandru Șerbănoiu ◽  
Radu Muntean ◽  
Bogdan Vasile Șerbănoiu

The effects of the fly ash and of the sunflower stalks and corn cobs within a cement-matrix composite were studied under the aspects of density, compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, elasticity modulus, and resistance to repeated freeze-thaw cycles. In the research were developed 20 recipes of cement-based composite, including the reference composite. Fly ash was used as partial cement replacement (10, 20 and 30% by volume), and the vegetal aggregates made by corn cobs and sunflower stalks as partial replacement of the mineral aggregates (25 and 50% by volume). The study results revealed that a lightweight composite can be obtained with 50% of vegetal aggregates, and the fly ash, no matter its percentage, enhanced the compressive strength and splitting tensile strength of the compositions with 50% of sunflower aggregates and the freeze-thaw resistance of all compositions with sunflower stalks.


2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-101
Author(s):  
Mohammed Qadir Ismael ◽  
Ahmed Hussein Ahmed

Moisture induced damage can cause a progressive deterioration in the performance of asphalt pavement by the loss of adhesion between asphalt binder and aggregate surface and/or loss of cohesion within the binder in the presence of water. The objective of this paper is to improve the asphalt mixtures resistance to moisture by using hydrated lime as an anti-stripping additive. For this purpose, two types of asphalt binder were utilized; asphalt grades (40-50) and (60-70) with one type of aggregate of 19.0 mm aggregate nominal maximum size, and limestone dust as a mineral filler. Marshall method was adopted to find the optimum asphalt content. Essentially, two parameters were determined to evaluate the moisture susceptibility, namely: The Index of Retained Strength and the Tensile Strength Ratio. The hydrated lime was added by 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 percentages (by weight of aggregate) using the saturated surface dry method. It was concluded that using hydrated lime will improve the moisture damage resistance. This was adopted as the value of tensile strength ratio increased by 24.50 % and 29.16% for AC (40-50) and AC (60-70) respectively, furthermore, the index of retained strength also increased by 14.28 % and 17.50 % for both asphalt grades. The optimum hydrated lime content founded to be 1.5 %.  


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wensheng Wang ◽  
Yongchun Cheng ◽  
Guirong Ma ◽  
Guojin Tan ◽  
Xun Sun ◽  
...  

The main distresses of asphalt pavements in seasonally frozen regions are due to the effects of water action, freeze-thaw cycles, and so on. Basalt fiber, as an eco-friendly mineral fiber with high mechanical performance, has been adopted to reinforce asphalt mixture in order to improve its mechanical properties. This study investigated the freeze-thaw damage characteristics of asphalt mixtures reinforced with eco-friendly basalt fiber by volume and mechanical properties—air voids, splitting tensile strength, and indirect tensile stiffness modulus tests. Test results indicated that asphalt mixtures reinforced with eco-friendly basalt fiber had better mechanical properties (i.e., splitting tensile strength and indirect tensile stiffness modulus) before and after freeze-thaw cycles. Furthermore, this study developed logistic damage models of asphalt mixtures in terms of the damage characteristics, and found that adding basalt fiber could significantly reduce the damage degree by about 25%, and slow down the damage grow rate by about 45% compared with control group without basalt fiber. Moreover, multi-variable grey models (GM) (1,N) were established for modelling the damage characteristics of asphalt mixtures under the effect of freeze-thaw cycles. GM (1,3) was proven as an effective prediction model to perform better in prediction accuracy compared to GM (1,2).


2014 ◽  
Vol 919-921 ◽  
pp. 1096-1099 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Yu Xu ◽  
Song Yang Dang ◽  
De Yong Cui

Influence of freeze-thaw cyclic on the durability of asphalt mixture with rubber particles was researched by experiment. Based on the typed AC-13 continuous dense graded aggregate, adding the amount of 1%~3% of rubber particles into graded aggregate, the splitting tensile strength and the void fraction of asphalt mixture with rubber particles under the condition of freeze-thaw cycle were measured. The test results show that the splitting tensile strength decreases and the void fraction increases with the increase of the number of freeze-thaw cycle. With the increase of rubber particle content, the splitting tensile strength decreases and the void fraction increases under the same number of freeze-thaw cycle. When rubber particles are added to graded aggregate, the splitting tensile strength of asphalt mixture is reduced to some extent. And when the rubber particle content attains 2%, the TSR (tensile strength ratio) achieves the optimal value.


2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-72
Author(s):  
Zahraa Ahmed Samor ◽  
Saad Issa Sarsam

Laboratory experience in Iraq with cold asphalt concrete mixtures is very limited. The design and use of cold mixed asphalt concrete had no technical requirements. In this study, two asphalt concrete mixtures used for the base course were prepared in the laboratory using conventional cold-mixing techniques to test cold asphalt mixture (CAM) against aging and moisture susceptibility. Cold asphalt mixtures specimens have been prepared in the lab with cutback and emulsion binders, different fillers, and curing times. Based on the Marshal test result, the cutback proportion was selected with the filler, also based on the Marshal test emulsion. The first mixture was medium setting cationic emulsion (MSCE) as a binder, hydrated lime, and ordinary portland cement as a filler (7.95% MSCE + 2%HL + 3% OPC). The second mixture used was medium curing cutback (MC-250) as a binder and ordinary portland cement as a filler (5.18% MC 250 + 5% OPC). The indirect tensile strength (ITS) of the samples was measured at 25 ° C. It was found that the cold mix with the MSCE binder had a high ITS value relative to the cold mix with the cutback asphalt binder (MC-250). The dry mixture of MSCE  ITS was approximately 3.77 times the dry mixture of MC-250. The MSCE wet mix was about 4.2 times the wet MC-250 mix. Tensile strength ratio result (TSR %) for the MSCE binder mix and the cutback MC-250 binder mix showed that the MSCE mix has a reasonable moisture resistance (77% ) compared to the MC-250 mix (69.2 %). The aging test and aging ratio result showed that asphalt binder oxidation has a significant effect on age-related pavement degradation as it changes the time-temperature relationship depending on the viscoelastic properties of the asphalt binder. The result clearly showed that the MSCE binder mix had a high resistance to aging (440 Kpa) compared to the cutback (MC-250) binder mix (110 Kpa). In contrast, the MSCE aging ratio (90 %) was higher than the MC-250 ratio (85 %).


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulrezzak Bakis

This study highlights an investigation of using construction waste materials, i.e., Ahlat stone powder and marble powder, in fabricating interlocked paving stones. In this study, the durability and freeze-thaw strength of concrete paving stones produced from Ahlat stone powder and marble powder were increased by the special curing method. Six different types of paving stones were fabricated for study and were subjected to two different curing regimes. Tests of water absorption, splitting tensile strength, surface abrasion, and freeze-thaw were carried out for the specimens. In 3 days and at 20 ± 5°C of water curing, the splitting tensile strength was 3.7 MPa, the surface abrasion value was 9.8 cm3/50 cm2, and the freeze-thaw value was 0.39 kg/m2 for those interlocked paving stones produced from Ahlat stone powder. After special combined curing, these improved to 3.9 MPa, 17.2 cm3/50 cm2, and 0.63 kg/m2, respectively. Accordingly, for interlocked paving stones produced from marble powder, in 3 days and at 20 ± 5°C water curing, the splitting tensile strength, surface abrasion, and freeze-thaw were 3.9 MPa, 7.9 cm3/50 cm2, and 0.34 kg/m2, respectively. After special combined curing, these values improved to 4.1 MPa, 14.8 cm3/50 cm2, and 0.57 kg/m2, respectively. The findings of this study validate increase in durability and freeze-thaw strength of concrete paving stones with special curing.


2014 ◽  
Vol 919-921 ◽  
pp. 1790-1793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Cheng ◽  
Jing Huang ◽  
Wen Ting Jiang ◽  
Jian Min Wang

Experiment on the compressive strength and splitting tensile strength of fiber lightweight aggregate concrete (FLWAC) after freeze-thaw cycling and high temperature was tested through blending polyvinyl alcohol fiber (PVAF) and polyacrylonitrile fiber (PANF) in aggregate concrete respectively. Five temperature levels, room temperature, 200°C, 400°C, 600°Cand 800°C were selected to heat the FLWAC test blocks after 25 times of freeze-thaw cycling. The micro-structure of FLWAC was observed through SEM. The experiment results show that, the cubic compressive strength of FLWAC is improved when the temperature is above 200°C, and the splitting tensile strength of FLWAC is obviously improved between the ranges from room temperature to 600°C. Blending fiber can weaken the brittle fracture performance of LWAC after freeze-thaw cycling at the peak loading state. However, the mass loss doesn’t have obvious improvement before and after 25 number of freeze-thaw cycling.


2013 ◽  
Vol 634-638 ◽  
pp. 2724-2728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao Hui Sun ◽  
Guo Feng Yang ◽  
Tie Bin Wang ◽  
Zhi Song Wang

Aiming at the deficiency of the water stability evaluation index of bituminous mixtures by immersion Marshall test in present specifications in china, the water stability of various of bituminous mixtures test pieces was analyzed by comparing freeze-thaw splitting tensile tests with immersion Marshall stability tests. There is larger difference between the evaluation results of immersion Marshall test and freeze-thaw splitting tensile test. The residual stability by immersion Marshall test is rarely inconsistent with regulatory requirements, Residual modulus is brought up to evaluate the water stability of bituminous mixtures. Residual modulus suggested to evaluate the water stability of asphalt mixtures has the similar trend with freeze-thaw splitting tensile strength ratio and the residual modulus threshold valve 0.85 is recommended.


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