Laboratory Study on the Effect of Nano TiO2 on Rutting Performance of Asphalt Pavements

2012 ◽  
Vol 622-623 ◽  
pp. 990-994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javad Tanzadeh ◽  
Fariborz Vahedi ◽  
Pezhouhan T. Kheiry ◽  
Rashid Tanzadeh

Modification of the asphalt binder is one approach taken to improve Asphalt pavement performance. Rutting is one of the most important factors that could reduce the life of asphalt pavements.Nowadays, the application of nanotechnologyto achieve materials that are more resistant is expanding in asphalt pavement thatNano-TiO2is among the most exciting and promising classes of materials discovered recently. The purpose of this study is laboratory research on the effect of Nano-TiO2in improving Bitumen property and rutting resistance in Asphalt pavement under dynamic loading. For this purpose, the wheel-tracking test was carried outon ordinary and Nano-TiO2modified hot mix asphalt samples.The results illustrate that using Nano-TiO2in asphaltbinder samples cause to an improvement in ruttingdepth in comparison with theordinarymixtures.

2013 ◽  
Vol 668 ◽  
pp. 292-296
Author(s):  
Ya Li Ye ◽  
Chuan Yi Zhuang ◽  
Jia Bo Hu

With the early asphalt pavements have been into the stage of medium maintenance or overhaul, recycling is a very important way for waste asphalt mixtures. A sample was taken in the expressway from Huhhot to Baotou, and the waste mixtures were extracted from field and sieved; so that the new aggregates can be determined and mix design was carried. With the aid of the penetration, the softening point and the viscosity in 135°C test, the quantity of the regenerant and the asphalt content were ascertained. Through the high temperature stable performance, the anti-low temperature performance, the water stability and the Hamburg wheel-tracking test, the appropriate gradation and the optimum asphalt content were determined. The test results showed that the pavement performance of the waste asphalt mixture was enhanced obviously with hot in-place recycling, and it has achieved technical parameters for old asphalt mixture.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 4704
Author(s):  
Waqas Rafiq ◽  
Madzlan Bin Napiah ◽  
Muslich Hartadi Sutanto ◽  
Wesam Salah Alaloul ◽  
Zarisha Nadia Binti Zabri ◽  
...  

Moisture damage in hot mix asphalt pavements is a periodic but persistent problem nowadays, even though laboratory testing is performed to identify different moisture-susceptible mixtures. In this study, a Hamburg Wheel Tracking device (HWTD) was used for rutting tests which were conducted on control and a high percentage of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP), i.e., 30%, 50% and 100% of virgin mixtures, under air dry and water-immersed conditions. Similarly, the extracted bitumen from RAP was tested for binder physical properties. Results showed that the asphalt mixtures containing RAP have less rut depth as compared to the control mix both in air dry and immersion conditions and hence showed better anti-rutting properties and moisture stability. Stripping performance of control and RAP containing mixtures was also checked, concluding that the RAP mixture was greatly dependent on the interaction between the binder (virgin plus aged) and aggregates.


2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 472-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Victor Staub de Melo ◽  
Glicério Trichês

Rutting is one of the most important issues associated with asphalt pavements. This defect leads to the accelerated degradation of the pavement and considerably reduces the level of road safety. This paper reports on the results obtained in the optimization of nanocomposite asphalt containing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with regard to the resistance to permanent deformation. Nanocomposite asphalts were prepared with the addition of different proportions of CNTs. Based on a study on the empirical and rheological properties of the nanocomposites developed, optimization of the CNT content incorporated into the conventional asphalt binder was carried out. Then two asphalt mixtures were investigated, a reference mixture and a nanomodified mixture with CNTs (optimal content). The rheological evaluations were carried out on four-point fatigue equipment and the resistance to permanent deformation was tested in a traffic simulator (wheel tracking test). The results demonstrate the efficient contribution of the nanocomposite to the resistance to permanent deformation.


2012 ◽  
Vol 587 ◽  
pp. 57-61
Author(s):  
Rashid Tanzadeh ◽  
Mahyar Arabani

Modification of the asphalt binder is one approach taken to improve aged pavement performance. To make the most of maintenance budgets, many agencies have resorted to the use of asphalt rejuvenators as an alternative to revive aging and brittle asphalt pavements. The purpose of this study is laboratory research on the effect of asphalt emulsion in restoring the original properties of aged asphalt pavement. For this purpose, the repeated load axial test is carried out on conventional asphalt samples and aged asphalt samples containing rejuvenator agents in different stress and rejuvenator percentage. Bitumen aged with RTFO according to ASTM-D2872 and the optimum bitumen of 5.5% were considered. The softening point and penetration tests, to examine the effect of rejuvenator in asphalt mixtures modification, On the basic, aged and modified aged bitumen were performed. The results represent that asphalt emulsion as a rejuvenator material in aged asphalt samples because of suitable performance improve aged asphalt permanent deformation resistance and aged bitumen Rheological property.


Author(s):  
Biswajit K. Bairgi ◽  
A.S.M. Asifur Rahman ◽  
Rafiqul A. Tarefder ◽  
Matias M. Mendez Larrain

Warm-mix asphalt (WMA) technologies allow binder softening for compaction benefits. Lower production temperature also causes reduced short-term aging in WMA. Considering the long-term implication of the reduced aging and binder softening, WMA is being questioned about its rutting characteristics. As such, this study evaluates different WMA technologies for rutting characteristics in comparison to traditional hot-mix asphalt (HMA) through laboratory and field investigation. The study utilized the long-term pavement performance (LTPP) project in the state of New Mexico called Specific Pavement Study-10 (SPS-10), which was designed to evaluate the WMA performances. The LTPP SPS-10 section includes: (i) control HMA, (ii) foaming, (iii) Evotherm, (iv) Cecabase 1, and (v) Cecabase 2 mixtures. Cecabase 2 mixture consists of a polymer-modified binder (PG 70-28+), whereas other mixtures consist of PG 70-28 binder. The aggregate type, properties, and gradations are the same in all the sections. Laboratory evaluation of rutting was conducted through the Hamburg wheel tracking test. Long-term field rutting was evaluated through Mandli’s pavement profile scanner, a laser-based distress evaluation technology. The study found that WMA with foaming, Evotherm, or Cecabase shows slightly higher rutting compared with the control HMA; however, all the sections satisfied laboratory and field rutting criteria. The use of a polymer-modified binder in WMA significantly improves the rutting characteristics.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1049-1050 ◽  
pp. 422-425
Author(s):  
Chao Peng ◽  
Jian Ying Yu ◽  
Jing Dai ◽  
Zhi Jie Zhao ◽  
Jing Yi Fu ◽  
...  

Effect of a chloride deicing additive (Cl-DIA) on the performance of asphalt mixture was investigated by evaluating the moisture, cracking and rutting resistance. Freeze-thaw splitting test result showed that asphalt mixture containing Cl-DIA weakened moisture resistance to some extent but it was still applicable for asphalt pavement. Wheel-tracking test indicated that Cl-DIA evidently improved the rutting resistance of the asphalt mixture and the weight concentration of Cl-DIA in asphalt mixture had to exceed 3%. Beam bending test implied that Cl-DIA did not help for the cracking of the asphalt mixture.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Wang ◽  
Zepeng Fan ◽  
Jiupeng Zhang

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.


2013 ◽  
Vol 723 ◽  
pp. 617-622
Author(s):  
Er Hu Yan ◽  
Fu Pu Li ◽  
Rong Ma ◽  
Fei Chen

Climate change is one of the most key global topics well-known in international community. Over the past decades years, the change climate and its impact on asphalt pavement in China is very obvious. Many expressways of asphalt pavement come forth severe rutting failure during only a few days of extensive, long-lasting, extreme heat wave in summer, which resulting in the change of asphalt cement specification and the selection practice of asphalt cement. So it is necessary to review climate change and its impact in the past, and forecast the probable situation in the future. The paper focuses specifically on the issue of asphalt binder selection under changing climatic conditions.


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