Improvement of Local Asphalt Concrete Binders Using Crumb Rubber
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 30, Issue 4
Abstract
Asphalt binder is a thermoplastic material that acts as an elastic solid during rapid load at low service temperatures. There are two main objectives of study to be evaluated, including improvement of local asphalt concrete mixes using crumb rubber and ways to get rid of the accumulated nondecaying scrap tires. Local asphalt concrete mixes can be improved by adding crumb rubber to the asphalt concrete mixes, and the performance of the produced mix was evaluated. Asphalt concrete mixes were designed using the Superpave mix design procedure to effectively evaluate the efficiency of using crumb rubber in asphalt concrete mixes. The improvement in indirect tensile strength, creep resistance, fatigue life, and stripping resistance were used to judge the effectiveness of modification. The modifications made by adding the crumb rubber to the asphalt cement were effective in improving the performance of the properties of hot asphalt concrete mixes and disposing of certain amounts of scrap tires.
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The authors are very thankful to all the associated personnel in any reference that contributed to/for the purpose of this research.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 30 • Issue 4 • April 2018
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Received: Jun 30, 2017
Accepted: Oct 11, 2017
Published online: Feb 7, 2018
Published in print: Apr 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Jul 7, 2018
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