Mechanical and Economic Analysis of Asphalt Pavement Structure on Mix Base

2012 ◽  
Vol 204-208 ◽  
pp. 1626-1632
Author(s):  
Hong Wei Peng ◽  
Bi Feng Ou
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Mechanical Performance ◽  
Poisson Ratio ◽  
Asphalt Pavement ◽  
Compressive Strain ◽  
Rigid Base ◽  
Flexible Base ◽  
Pavement Structure ◽  
Pavement Structures

Based on asphalt pavement design theory and criterions in China, five asphalt structures are put out, including three mix base pavement structures, one typical semi-rigid base pavement structure and one typical flexible base pavement structure. For contract study, different pavement structures were selected with various combinations of modulus and Poisson ratio, but the total thickness is same for comparative analysis. The stress-strain at different depth in asphalt layer is calculated by using BISAR program. The data analysis is carried out for the maximum tensile stress, and the maximum strain of asphalt layer, and the maximum compressive strain on top of sub grade, deflection on asphalt surface. And budget basis price for base is contrasted too. The data analysis results show that the mix base asphalt pavement structures can be designed to get better pavement mechanical performance than typical semi-rigid base and typical flexible base asphalt pavement structures, while the price is higher than that of semi-rigid base. If we consider fatigue life, the cost performance for mix base of upper base with asphalt stabilized macadam is the best. This gives out the important reference for widespread the mix base in future.

Mechanics Analysis of Flexible Base Pavement Structure

2014 ◽  
Vol 580-583 ◽  
pp. 632-635
Author(s):  
Li Ya Su
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Modulus ◽  
Tensile Stress ◽  
Asphalt Pavement ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Vertical Displacement ◽  
Rigid Base ◽  
Load Factors ◽  
Mechanics Analysis ◽  
Flexible Base ◽  
Pavement Structure

With the rapid development of traffic cause in our country, the operating requirement of driving load factors to pavement structure become higher and higher. The Semi-rigid base asphalt pavement structure exposed some defects and shortcomings, so the study of flexible base asphalt pavement structure is put on the agenda under the circumstances.Based on the research achievements at home and abroad of the existing asphalt pavement structure , choosing different elastic modulus and thickness to calculate and analyze the flexible base by ANSYS, gaining the law and trend of mechanics response (the vertical displacement and tensile stress) about pavement structure for the flexible base pavement of each layer foundation to provide the design reference.

Key Technique on the Process Control for Construction of Hohhot Circle Expressway Asphalt Pavements

2012 ◽  
Vol 256-259 ◽  
pp. 1748-1753
Author(s):  
Bin Zhao ◽  
Pei Wen Hao
Keyword(s):  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Asphalt Pavement ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Asphalt Mixture ◽  
Natural Increase ◽  
Rigid Base ◽  
Construction Technology ◽  
Pavement Structure ◽  
Major Section

As vehicle flow on arterial highway in Inner Mongolia sharply increased, the originally designed natural increase rate of 8% per year has been exceeded on the vehicle flow in some sections. According to statistics, monthly average vehicle flow on major section of G6 expressway has reached a standard flow of 67478 vehicles per day and night, of which in 70-80% are large ones for coal transportation. Therefore, pavement load and road capacity have exceed the designed expressway load capacity. At present, semi-rigid base asphalt pavement structure is still widely used for high-grade highway pavement in Inner Mongolia. With years of construction for such pavement structure, a great deal of valuable experience has been gained on construction technology. However, there are still a few deficiencies in the quality of raw materials, gradation control of asphalt mixture and adjustment of equipment, etc. Hohhot circle expressway connects with the G6 and G7 expressways, suffering from problems such as large vehicle flow and load overweight. This paper introduced a key technique that should be properly controlled during construction of such pavement structure, emphasized technique control and management of the following aspects, i.e. ballast sizes and gradation control, asphalt concrete mixture, adjustment of pavers, validation of mixing proportion in production and reasonable arrangement of process, and summarized corresponding technical measures taken during construction of asphalt pavement in this project.

scholarly journals Long-Term Performance of Pavement Structures with Cold In-Place Recycled Base Course

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-65
Author(s):  
Audrius Vaitkus ◽  
Judita Gražulytė ◽  
Andrius Baltrušaitis ◽  
Jurgita Židanavičiūtė ◽  
Donatas Čygas
Keyword(s):  
Asphalt Pavement ◽  
Asphalt Mixture ◽  
Asphalt Pavements ◽  
Recycled Asphalt ◽  
Binding Agents ◽  
Pavement Structure ◽  
Pavement Structures ◽  
Base Course ◽  
Surface Distress ◽  
Foamed Bitumen

Properly designed and maintained asphalt pavements operate for ten to twenty-five years and have to be rehabilitated after that period. Cold in-place recycling has priority over all other rehabilitation methods since it is done without preheating and transportation of reclaimed asphalt pavement. Multiple researches on the performance of cold recycled mixtures have been done; however, it is unclear how the entire pavement structure (cold recycled asphalt pavement overlaid with asphalt mixture) performs depending on binding agents. The main objective of this research was to evaluate the performance of cold in-place recycled asphalt pavements considering binding agents (foamed bitumen in combination with cement or only cement) and figure out which binder leads to the best pavement performance. Three road sections rehabilitated in 2000, 2003, and 2005 were analysed. The performance of the entire pavement structure was evaluated in terms of the International Roughness Index, rut depth, and pavement surface distress in 2013 and 2017.

scholarly journals Development of a Full-Depth Wheel Tracking Test for Asphalt Pavement Structure: Methods and Performance Evaluation

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Wang ◽  
Zepeng Fan ◽  
Jiupeng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Asphalt Pavement ◽  
Asphalt Mixture ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Shanxi Province ◽  
Wheel Tracking Test ◽  
Pavement Structure ◽  
Pavement Structures ◽  
Wheel Tracking

The rutting performance of asphalt pavement structure relies on the high temperature properties of asphalt mixture as well as the pavement structure and thickness. In order to investigate the influence of the structure and thickness, a full-depth wheel tracking test is developed in this research by improving the conventional wheel tracking test apparatus. The newly proposed test method is capable of varying its load speed and load size, controlling its specimen temperature gradient, and simulating the support conditions of actual asphalt pavement. The full-depth wheel tracking test based rutting performance evaluation of different asphalt pavement structures indicates that it is not reasonable to explain the rutting performance of asphalt pavement structure from the point of view of single-layer asphalt mixture rutting performance. The developed full-depth wheel tracking test can be used to distinguish rutting performance of different asphalt pavement structures, and two of five typical asphalt pavement structures commonly used in Shanxi Province were suggested for use in practical engineering.

Coupled Numerical Analysis of the Anti-Crack Mechanism for Open-Graded Large Stone Asphalt Mixes

2009 ◽  
Vol 79-82 ◽  
pp. 1149-1152
Author(s):  
Hong Bing Guo ◽  
Shuan Fa Chen
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Asphalt Concrete ◽  
Asphalt Pavement ◽  
Rigid Base ◽  
Reflective Cracking ◽  
Large Stone ◽  
Concrete Base ◽  
Test Road ◽  
Cracking Performance ◽  
Pavement Structure

The reflective cracking in asphalt surface is a technical problem that exists in the semi-rigid base asphalt pavement structure and the rigid base asphalt pavement structure, how to control its emergence and development is still a major problem for road engineering. At present, researches on the anti-cracking performance for Open-graded Large Stone asphalt Mix (OLSM) in China almost remain in the test road observations, very few study the mechanism of its anti-cracking from the mechanical point. Aiming at this problem, a method of using OLSM as the cracking relief layer is proposed, large mineral aggregate, low asphalt content and a great deal of void in OLSM can dissipate or absorb stress and strain around the crack. The 3-D finite element method is used to analyze the crack-alleviating layer of ordinary asphalt concrete and OLSM, and the large-scale commercial finite element software of ABAQUS is used to do numerical simulation analysis for the lean concrete base asphalt pavement structure with OLSM, the analysis result indicates that temperature-load coupling stress of OLSM are less than that of ordinary asphalt concrete. Depending on the test road on an expressway, research on the anti-crack mechanism of OLSM has been conducted. The investigation of the test road and the result of the theoretical calculation indicate that OLSM can prevent lean concrete base asphalt pavement from the reflective cracking effectively, OLSM has good anti-cracking performance, it is an effective material to alleviate the reflective cracking. As the crack-alleviating layer, OLSM can significantly enhance the anti-cracking ability of the semi-rigid base asphalt pavement structure and the rigid base asphalt pavement structure.

Mechanical Response of Asphalt Pavement under Overloading

2013 ◽  
Vol 361-363 ◽  
pp. 1869-1872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng Jie Liu ◽  
Qing Long You
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Stress ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
Asphalt Pavement ◽  
Compressive Strain ◽  
Flexible Pavement ◽  
Load Application ◽  
Rigid Base ◽  
Linear Elastic ◽  
Application Procedure ◽  
Surface Increase

This paper examines theoretically the possible mechanical response changes on both bituminous pavement structure using linear elastic method, the change regulation of deflection,stress on the bottom of base and subbase and compress strain on the top of subgrades between semi-rigid base and flexible pavement pavement. In the load application procedure, a dual wheel with the a series of pressure was chosen.The results have shown that the deflection tensile stress and subgrade compressive strain on the surface increase with the increase of axle load and they would result in serious effect of overloading on the earlier damage of asphalt pavement.

Sponge roads: the permeable asphalt pavement structures based on rainfall characteristics in central plains urban agglomeration of China

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (9) ◽  
pp. 1740-1750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaodong Guo ◽  
Jiupeng Zhang ◽  
Bochao Zhou ◽  
Wolong Liu ◽  
Jianzhong Pei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Layer ◽  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Asphalt Pavement ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Urban Agglomeration ◽  
Central Plains ◽  
Rainfall Characteristics ◽  
Combination Scheme ◽  
Pavement Structure ◽  
Pavement Structures

Abstract Permeable asphalt pavement should be selected according to the rainfall characteristics of the project site, so as to improve the permeable performance and ensure the bearing capacity of the pavement structure. Therefore, taking a city in the central plains urban agglomeration of China as an example, the characteristics of the rainstorm intensity distribution and cumulative rainfall are analyzed, and a combination scheme of drainage surface layer asphalt pavement suitable for rainfall characteristics in this area is proposed. Then, the pavement structure design is systematically carried out based on the permeable capacity and bearing capacity. The results show that under the rainfall conditions in this area, there is no surface runoff on the permeable asphalt pavement with 120 mm drainage surface layer, which is suitable for the medium traffic grade of urban roads with cumulative equivalent axle loads of 10 million to 12 million times.

The Study on Road Performance and Pavement Structure Analysis for the Base Layer Material Stabilized by SRX

2012 ◽  
Vol 594-597 ◽  
pp. 1402-1406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Zhang ◽  
Yun Long Zhao ◽  
Bao Yang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Resilient Modulus ◽  
Asphalt Pavement ◽  
Base Material ◽  
Base Layer ◽  
Rigid Base ◽  
The Road ◽  
Flexible Material ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Road Performance ◽  
Pavement Structure

In order to overcome the weakness of semi-rigidity base layer，the road performance of the SRX(Solution Road RomixSoilfix) stabilized base material and the mechanics response of asphalt pavement with the base layer stabilized by SRX have been studied in this paper. The CBR value and resilient modulus of SRX stabilized base material were given by indoor test. Based on the multiple layer elastic theory, both the mechanical responses of asphalt pavement structure with the SRX stabilized base and semi-rigid base were given, and according to the calculation results, the two kinds of pavement structure fatigue life were analyzed. The results have shown that the CBR value of SRX flexible material is greater than that of graded crushed stone; the SRX stable material can be used as pavement base layer, but the fatigue performance of SRX flexible base materials should be paid much attention.

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