Rutting-Resistance Performance of SBS and Anti-Rutting Additive Composite-Modified Asphalt-Concrete Mixtures

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 20150024 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Cao ◽  
S. Liu ◽  
Y. Li ◽  
Z. Xue
2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 589-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Kandil ◽  
A O Abd El Halim ◽  
Y Hassan ◽  
A Mostafa

The extreme environmental conditions in Canada require the use of asphalt cement that can provide a high resistance to low-temperature cracking during the winter season and a high resistance to rutting due to the elevated temperatures in the summer. Earlier studies showed that such desired improvements in the quality of asphalt cement could be achieved using polymer-modified asphalt (PMA) cement. This paper presents a three-phase experimental program that was carried out to evaluate the expected performance of asphalt concrete mixtures with PMA compared to asphalt concrete mixtures with conventional and air-oxidized asphalt binders. The results of this study show that PMA in asphalt concrete mixes would significantly improve the resistance to cracking (loading and low-temperature). Key words: asphalt mixtures, polymer-modified asphalt, conventional asphalt cement, air-oxidized asphalt, testing.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 7797-7801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Safaa Moubark ◽  
Farag Khodary ◽  
Ayman Othman

It is noticeable that the increase of road traffic during the last two decades in addition to the insufficient degree of maintenance caused an accelerated deterioration of road structure. These roads show early signs of distress such as rutting, cracking, low temperature cracking, ageing and stripping. Heavier loads and higher traffic volume demand higher performance of pavement.  Excellent performance of pavement requires bitumen that is less susceptible to high temperature, rutting or low temperature cracking. Several additives are used to increase the performance of bitumen and the quality of the produced mixtures. Polymers are considered the most widely used additives in asphalt modification that give better performance. The performance of the Polymer-modified asphalt depends on the type and the level of modification the used polymer. The choice of modification level and t modification type depends on the physical properties of the polymer, and its compatibility with bitumen. The polymer can be loosely classified into two categories, Plastomers and Elastomers. The results indicated that, the addition of polypropylene generally improved the mechanical properties of the mixture regardless of the percentage of polymers that added and (PP) content of 5%. it can be noticed that  the performance of PP-modified asphalt mixtures is better  compared with unmodified asphalt concrete mixtures  modifier because it has the highest Marshall Stiffness, indirect tensile strength and unconfined compressive strength


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Luchuan Chen ◽  
Wenjun Gu ◽  
Xuanyu Zhang

Nanoparticles have been widely adopted to improve the high-temperature performance of asphalt binder. However, the influence of moisture on high-temperature performance is not clear. Hence, the water absorption performance of the nano-SiO2-modified asphalt concrete is investigated. Based on this, to further analyze the pavement performance of the nano-SiO2-modified asphalt concrete, the coupled effects of high-temperature, moisture content, and nanoparticles content on the rutting resistance of the nano-SiO2-modified asphalt concrete are tested and revealed in this study. Results show that temperature has the most significant influence on the water absorption performance of the nano-SiO2-modified asphalt concrete. The rutting resistance of the nano-SiO2-modified asphalt concrete decreases as temperature and moisture content increase, especially for the temperature. The dynamic stability at the same temperature condition decreases approximately linearly as moisture content increases. The effect of the nano-SiO2 content is the most nonobvious.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 2701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chundi Si ◽  
Hang Cao ◽  
Enli Chen ◽  
Zhanping You ◽  
Ruilan Tian ◽  
...  

In order to systematically study the rutting resistance performance of High-Modulus Asphalt Concrete (HMAC) pavements, a finite element method model of HMAC pavement was established using ABAQUS software. Based on the viscoelasticity theory of asphalt, the stress and deformation distribution characteristics of HMAC pavement were studied and compared to conventional asphalt pavement under moving loads. Then, the pavement temperature field model was established to study the temperature variation and the thermal stress in HMAC pavement. Finally, under the condition of continuous temperature variation, the creep behavior and permanent deformation of HMAC pavement were investigated. The results showed that under the action of moving loads, the strain and displacement generated in HMAC pavement were lower than those in conventional asphalt pavement. The upper surface layer was most obviously affected by outside air temperature, resulting in maximum thermal stress. Lastly, under the condition of continuous temperature change, HMAC pavement could greatly reduce the deformation of asphalt material in each surface layer compared to conventional asphalt pavement.


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