Evaluation of Rut Resistance of Polymer-Modified Asphalt Concretes

2013 ◽  
Vol 687 ◽  
pp. 282-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sun Gun Kim ◽  
Sung Jin Lee ◽  
Soon Jae Lee ◽  
Kwang W. Kim

The rutting is a significant damage mechanism showing longitudinal furrows along with both wheel paths on asphalt pavement surface. To prevent the rutting under heavy traffic condition, polymer-modified asphalt (PMA) concretes were introduced in asphalt pavement industry. To measure rut resistance of asphalt concretes, the asphalt pavement analyzer (APA) and the deformation strength, SD, were used in this study. The SD was measured by Kim Test, a simple static-loading test, on the 150 mm-diameter cylindrical specimens at 60oC and APA test was performed for the same material. The PMA concretes were found to show improvement in SD and APA rut resistance by more than 50% and 60%, respectively. The SD and APA rut depth showed a relatively high correlation (R2 = 0.81) each other at 60°C. Therefore, it was possible to estimate rut tendency of normal asphalt and polymer-modified asphalt concretes by SD.

2011 ◽  
Vol 71-78 ◽  
pp. 5038-5041
Author(s):  
Chang Qing Fang ◽  
Min Zhang ◽  
Jing Bo Hu ◽  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Rui En Yu

Asphalt aging is inevitable to the asphalt pavement performance, which will lead asphalt to hardening gradually and becoming brittle. Therefore, aging progress shortens the life of asphalt, but the study on polymer asphalt improves the phenomenon. The present situation on aging of polymer modified asphalt is summarized and the aging mechanism of modified asphalts is analyzed in the paper. Otherwise, the research progress at home and abroad on the aging properties of modified asphalt is introduced by a series of characterization techniques, which include mechanics technique, rheology technique, FTIR, GPC and so on


2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 511-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Limin ◽  
He Zhaoyi ◽  
Liu Weidong ◽  
Hu Cheng ◽  
Liu Yang

To solve the problem of rutting and fatigue damage to asphalt pavement, rutting and fatigue performances of Qingchuan rock asphalt modified asphalt were studied, based on the dynamic shear rheometer test, the dynamic creep test, the rutting test, the indirect tensile fatigue test, the small-sized acceleration loading test, the compressive resilient modulus test, the BISAR3.0 Program and the rutting calculation method based on dynamic finite element method. The results indicate that Qingchuan rock asphalt modifier can obviously improve the anti-fatigue performance and anti-rutting performance of asphalt pavement. Taking the anti-rutting performance and the raw-material price of asphalt into consideration, a rock asphalt optimum content ranging from 5% to 8% is suggested. Qingchuan rock asphalt is a good modifier to solve the rutting and the fatigue damage of asphalt pavement.


2020 ◽  
Vol 103 (4) ◽  
pp. 003685042095987
Author(s):  
Ghazi G Al-Khateeb ◽  
Waleed Zeiada ◽  
Mohammed Ismail ◽  
Ahmad Shabib ◽  
Adel Tayara

Major distresses such as rutting, fatigue, and thermal cracking are facing asphalt pavement structures due to continuous heavy traffic loading and climate change. The modification of asphalt binders (one of the main components of the asphalt paving mix) has the potential to mitigate distresses through using different additives. Polymer modified asphalt (PMA) binders showed a noticeable resistance to pavement distresses as reported in previous studies. The present study aims to evaluate the effect of polymer modification on the rheological properties of asphalt binders through laboratory tests. The polymers included styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) and epolene emulsifiable (EE2) types. The 60/70 binder was used as a control for comparison. The Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) was also utilized to simulate the effect of PMA binders on the rheological properties under different climatic conditions and structural capacities. Additionally, the MEPDG was further utilized to compare the effect of asphalt binders on rheological properties using four different binder input levels. Findings of the study showed that laboratory tests experienced varying outcomes regarding the most efficient asphalt binder by means of distresses resistance. However, the MEPDG evaluation showed that the overall ranking of asphalt binders positively impacting the rheological properties was as following: (1) 4.5% EE2 PMA, (2) 4% EE2 PMA, (3) 60/70 binder, (4) 5% SBS PMA, and (5) 4% SBS PMA binders. Furthermore, statistical analysis illustrated that the effect of using different binder input levels on the performance of pavement varied relatively to the evaluated distresses. The analysis showed that using different binder input levels would affect, to a certain extent, the asphalt binder influence on rheological properties only when evaluating rutting and fatigue distresses. Therefore, it is recommended that precise asphalt binder inputs, that is, shear complex modulus (G*) and phase angle (δ) are used when designing pavement structures in regions with hot and mild climate conditions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-358
Author(s):  
Thopan Andhika Putra ◽  
Bambang Sugeng Subagio ◽  
Eri Susanto Hariyadi

Abstract One way to be developed to overcome challenges in providing flexible pavement materials is to apply the green roads principle by reusing some or all of the old road pavement material or Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) as a material for new road pavement, which if reused will affect the performance of the mixture, such as decreasing the level of durability and premature pavement damage, so an effort must be made to improve the performance of the recycled material, namely by adding full extracted Asbuton and rejuvenating materials. The RAP material was obtained from scratching the asphalt of the Jagorawi Toll Road. The mixture used was asphalt concrete-binder course (AC-BC) layer using 30%, 40%, and 50% RAP material, using full extracted Asbuton at 6%, and Nichireki rejuvenating material. Then, on mixtures with RAP material, Marshall Test, Resilient Modulus test with UMATTA, and resistance to fatigue with four points loading test with strain control were conducted. The use of RAP material with modified asphalt in the form of an addition of full extracted Asbuton into the Pen 60/70 Asphalt can increase the asphalt stiffness. Marshall test results showed that a mixture with 6% full extracted asbuton content and 0% RAP material content (A6RAP0) gave the highest stability value. The results of the Resilient Modulus test showed that the mixture with 6% full extracted asbuton content and 50% RAP material content (A6RAP50) gave a high Resilient Modulus value at a test temperature of 45oC. The results of the fatigue resistance test showed that the mixture with 6% full extracted asbuton content and 50% RAP material content (A6RAP50) at a strain level of 300 µε gave the longest fatigue life. Keywords: Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP), full extracted asbuton, asphalt concrete -binder course, modified asphalt, resilient modulus, fatigue life. Abstrak Salah satu cara dikembangkan untuk mengatasi tantangan dalam penyediaan material perkerasan lentur adalah menerapkan prinsip greenroads dengan memanfaatkan kembali sebagian atau keseluruhan material perkerasan jalan lama atau Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) sebagai material untuk perkerasan jalan yang baru, dimana jika digunakan kembali akan mempengaruhi kinerja dari campuran seperti penurunan tingkat durabilitas dan kerusakan dini perkerasan, sehingga harus dilakukan suatu upaya untuk memperbaiki kinerja dari material daur ulang tersebut, yaitu dengan penambahan Asbuton murni dan bahan peremaja. Material RAP didapatkan dari hasil garukan aspal Jalan Tol Jagorawi. Campuran yang dipakai adalah Laston Lapis AC-BC menggunakan kadar material RAP sebanyak 30%, 40%, dan 50%, dengan penggunaan Asbuton murni sebesar 6%, serta bahan peremaja Nichireki, dan kemudian selanjutnya pada campuran dengan penggunaan material RAP dilakukan pengujian Marshall, Modulus Resilien dengan alat UMATTA dan ketahanan terhadap kelelahan (fatigue) metode four points loading test dengan kontrol regangan. Penggunaan material RAP dengan aspal modifkasi berupa penambahan Asbuton murni kedalam Aspal Shell Pen 60/70 dapat meningkatkan kekakuan aspal. Hasil pengujian Marshall menunjukkan campuran dengan kadar Asbuton murni 6% dan kadar material RAP 0% (A6RAP0) memberikan nilai stabilitas tertinggi. Hasil pengujian Modulus Resilien menunjukkan campuran campuran dengan kadar Asbuton murni 6% dan kadar material RAP 50% (A6RAP50) memberikan nilai Modulus Resilien yang tinggi pada temperatur pengujian 45oC. Hasil pengujian ketahanan terhadap kelelahan menunjukkan campuran dengan kadar Asbuton murni 6% dan kadar material RAP 50% (A6RAP50) pada regangan 300 µε memberikan umur kelelahan yang paling panjang. Kata-kata kunci: Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP), Asbuton murni, laston lapis antara, aspal modifikasi,  modulus resilien, umur kelelahan.  


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
Tiza Michael

This study reviews relevant literature on the characterization of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and its interaction with polymer modified asphalt(PMA). The study on fatigue cracking indicates that several indexes of binder performance usually decreased the tolerance to cracking of the Polymer Modified Asphalt (PMA). In another perspective, RAP binding rigidity affects the PMA binder tolerance to fatigue. The greater the rigidity of the RAP binder, the more fatigue strength the binders would provide. In addition, several researchers have demonstrated that the quality of RAP binder decreased the elastomeric response worth. It was generally found that the RAP binder effect on the PMA binder is similar to the unmodified binder effect. The resistance to rutting in the PMA binder improves and at the same time, fatigue cracking and thermal cracking are adequately minimized. Moreover, several researchers have shown that the inclusion of a RAP lowers elastomeric efficiency. In summary, RAP binding stiffness and gradation are essential features for PMA-mix designs. The review further illustrates that during the process of RAP binder characterization, the mortar testing process without the use of binder extraction is more effective than the conventional method. Also, the best measure for the evaluation of the fatigue cracking efficiency of RAP containing PMA blends does not seem to have gained any consensus among researchers as several researchers seem to have varying conclusions. Literature on Life Cycle Analysis of RAP has also been reviewed and presented.


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