scholarly journals Application of Response Surface Method for Analyzing Pavement Performance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Reza Omranian
Keyword(s):  
Response Surface ◽  
Response Surface Method ◽  
Asphalt Pavement ◽  
Asphalt Binder ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Pavement Performance ◽  
Pavement Materials ◽  
The Road ◽  
Surface Method ◽  
Pavement Service Life

Hot mix asphalt (HMA) is a common material that has been largely used in the road construction industries. The main constituents of HMA are asphalt binder, mineral aggregate, and filler. The asphalt binder bounds aggregate and filler particles together and also waterproofs the mixture. The aggregate acts as a stone skeleton to impart strength and toughness to the structure, while the filler fills pores in the mixture which can improve adhesion and cohesion as well as moisture resistance. The HMA behavior depends on individual component properties and their combined reaction in the mixture. Asphalt binder properties change due to different factors. Over the years, asphalt pavement materials age, causing binder embrittlement which adversely affects pavement service life. Response Surface Method (RSM) is a set of techniques that are used to develop a series of experiment designs, determining relationships between experimental factors and responses, and using these relationships to determine the optimum conditions. Incorporating RSM in pavement technologies can beneficially help researchers to develop a better experimental matrix and give them the opportunity to analyze the changes in pavement performance in a faster, more effective, and reliable way.

scholarly journals Effects of extended short-term aging duration on asphalt binder behaviour at high temperatures

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 302-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meor Othman Hamzah ◽  
Seyed Reza Omranian
Keyword(s):  
Response Surface ◽  
Response Surface Method ◽  
High Temperatures ◽  
Test Temperature ◽  
Asphalt Binder ◽  
Pavement Performance ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Aging Effects ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Surface Method

Many factors affecting pavement performance include variations in binder composition and environmental conditions during asphalt mixture production. Hence, predicting pavement performance is a difficult task. This paper aims to investigate the effects of short term aging on binder viscosity at high temperature. In order to predict the effects of short term aging on the asphalt binder viscosity at high temperatures, a Response Surface Method was performed on the Rotational Viscometer test results. An experimental matrix was planned based on the central composite design for aging duration and test temperature. The test results showed that aging increased the binder viscosity, while increasing test temperature decreased the corresponding value. However, aging effects differ and depend on binder types, test temperatures and aging conditions. It was also found that the Response Surface Method is a fast, effective and reliable method to predict the effects of aging on binder viscosity behaviour at high temperatures.

scholarly journals Preparation Parameter Analysis and Optimization of Sustainable Asphalt Binder Modified by Waste Rubber and Diatomite

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanbing Liu ◽  
Mengsu Zhang ◽  
Yubo Jiao ◽  
Liuxu Fu
Keyword(s):  
Response Surface ◽  
Response Surface Method ◽  
Softening Point ◽  
Elastic Recovery ◽  
Asphalt Binder ◽  
Crumb Rubber ◽  
Parameter Analysis ◽  
Penetration Index ◽  
Surface Method ◽  
Shear Speed

In this study, crumb rubber and diatomite were used to modify asphalt binder. Wet process was adopted as a preparation method, and the corresponding preparation process was determined firstly. The effects of six preparation parameters (crumb rubber concentration, diatomite concentration, shear time, shear speed, shear temperature, and storing time) on properties of modified asphalt binder (penetration at 25°C, softening point, ductility, viscosity at 135°C, elastic recovery, and penetration index) were investigated, and multiresponse optimization was conducted using the response surface method. The results revealed that softening points, viscosity, elastic recovery, and penetration index increase, while penetration and ductility decrease with the increase of crumb rubber concentration. Softening points, viscosity, and penetration index increase, while penetration and ductility decrease with the increase of diatomite concentration, which presents little influence on elastic recovery of binder. Shear temperature presented significant effects on penetration, softening point, viscosity, and ductility. Shear speed, shear time, and storing time have similar effects on binder properties because of their similar mechanism of action. Based on the model obtained from the response surface method, optimized preparation parameters corresponding to specific criteria can be determined, which possess favorable accuracy compared with experimental results.

scholarly journals Effects of Short-Term Aging on the Compactibility and Volumetric Properties of Asphalt Mixtures Using the Response Surface Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 6181
Author(s):  
Seyed Reza Omranian ◽  
Meor Othman Hamzah ◽  
Georgios Pipintakos ◽  
Wim Van den bergh ◽  
Cedric Vuye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Response Surface ◽  
Response Surface Method ◽  
Aging Temperature ◽  
Asphalt Binder ◽  
Asphalt Mixtures ◽  
Volumetric Properties ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Climate Chamber ◽  
Surface Method ◽  
Binder Type

Several factors affect asphalt binder and mixture characteristics. This makes pavement performance assessment a mounting task. This paper evaluates the effects of short-term aging on compactibility and volumetric properties of asphalt mixtures using the Response Surface Method (RSM). Three different binders were utilized to produce mixtures (type AC-14). Aging temperature, aging duration, and duration in a climate chamber with increased humidity and ultraviolet lighting were considered as independent variables (IV), while compactibility and volumetric properties were regarded as dependent variables (DV). The findings revealed significant impacts of aging temperature and duration on compactibility, air voids, voids in mineral aggregate, and voids filled with asphalt, while duration in the climate chamber exhibited no significant influence on the DVs. The effects of IVs on DVs varied by binder type. This was achieved through an elaborate statistical analysis. The study, finally, demonstrates the RSM’s potential to predict changes in responses from mathematical equations—converging with the experimental observation—with excellent accuracy. Potentially, pavement contractors can use this method by replacing haulage duration and mixtures’ temperatures during paving in the developed models. It enables them to predict the pavement density and adjust pressure as well as the number of roller passes to achieve the desired requirements.

A Proposal of PSO with Presumption Function of the Solution Landscape by Response Surface Method

2014 ◽  
Vol 134 (9) ◽  
pp. 1293-1298
Author(s):  
Toshiya Kaihara ◽  
Nobutada Fuji ◽  
Tomomi Nonaka ◽  
Yuma Tomoi
Keyword(s):  
Response Surface ◽  
Response Surface Method ◽  
Surface Method
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