Investigation on the Properties of Asphalt Mixtures Containing Antifreeze Fillers
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 27, Issue 6
Abstract
To investigate the properties of antifreeze asphalt mixtures (AFAC), the dense-graded and gap-graded asphalt mixtures, AC-13 and SMA-13, containing 2, 4, 5, 6, and 4 % by weight and 5, 6, 7, and 8 % by weight antifreeze filler, respectively, were used in this paper. In the experiments, Marshall, rutting, bending beam, and immersion Marshall tests were used to study the engineering performances of AFAC. In addition, a conductivity test was carried out to evaluate the salt releasing law under static state condition. Results show that the properties of AFAC are affected by the gradation composition and content of antifreeze filler. It is suggested that the content of antifreeze filler is by weight according to the Marshall test. The composition type of asphalt mixture is an important factor in AFAC because the durability of SMA-13 is worse than that of AC-13. Moreover, the salt releasing process is divided into three steps based on the conductivity test.
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Acknowledgments
This work thanks to the support of the Traffic Construction Project of Science and Technology (No. 10218),the National Basic Research Program of China,973 Program (NO. 2012CB626814) and the Doctor Postgraduate Technical Project of Chang'an University (NO. 2014G5210006).The authors also thank Master candidate Guohu Luo and undergraduate students Taotao Li and Chenwei Liu, without whom this paper would not have been completed.
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Volume 27 • Issue 6 • June 2015
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Received: Oct 19, 2013
Accepted: Mar 12, 2014
Published online: Aug 12, 2014
Discussion open until: Jan 12, 2015
Published in print: Jun 1, 2015
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