Using the Surface Free Energy Method to Evaluate the Effects of Nanomaterial on the Fatigue Life of Hot Mix Asphalt
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 28, Issue 10
Abstract
Fatigue cracking is the main form of structural damage in hot mix asphalt (HMA) at moderate temperatures. The one of ways to reduce this type of distress is use of nanomaterials as additives in asphalt mixtures. In this study, the effects of using as an asphalt binder modifier on the fatigue life of asphalt mixtures are assessed by surface free energy (SFE) method and indirect tensile fatigue (ITF) test. The HMA mixtures containing 0, 3, and 6% of are plant prepared with two sources of aggregate (granite and limestone), and one type of asphalt binder with 85/100-penetration grade. The results showed that fatigue lives of mixtures containing were higher than the control mixtures. This is attributed to the fact that adding leads to decrease of the acid component of SFE and increase of the basic component in SFE of the asphalt binder that enhances the adhesion between asphalt binder and aggregate. Furthermore, the asphalt mixtures made with the modified asphalt binder showed greater fatigue life than the control mixtures because of improved cohesion energy and higher resistance to fatigue cracking in asphalt film.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 28 • Issue 10 • October 2016
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Received: Oct 28, 2015
Accepted: Feb 10, 2016
Published online: Apr 25, 2016
Discussion open until: Sep 25, 2016
Published in print: Oct 1, 2016
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