Performance and Aging Characteristics of Hot Mixture Asphalt with Crumb Rubber and Warm Mix Asphalt Additives
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 32, Issue 8
Abstract
In this study, the mixes prepared using crumb rubber (CR) and binders with warm mix additives were aged through various aging methods (1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks at 60°C in the laboratory; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 months under the environmental conditions; and AASHTO R30) and examined in terms of performance and aging index. The indirect tensile strength (ITS), indirect tensile stiffness modulus (ITSM), and fatigue tests were applied to the pure and the CR, , and modified aged and nonaged mixes, and the aging indexes were determined according to the results obtained. According to the test results, was found to be the best mix in terms of mechanical properties. Using the warm asphalt additives in the CR modification was determined to decrease the aging indexes and retarded the aging. Also determined was that a high correlation exists between the aging at 60°C in the laboratory and the aging under the environmental conditions. Based on the fatigue test results, AASHTO R30 short-term aging (4 h at 135°C) was determined to cause structural deterioration in the mixes and yielded low load repetition relative to the pure mixes. Therefore, using this method for the short-term aging of the CR modified mixes would not be appropriate. When the tests applied were evaluated in terms of the aging indexes, the fatigue test was found to be the most sensitive method for detecting aging in the pure mixes and mixes with additives.
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All of the data, models, and code generated or used in this study appear in the published article.
Acknowledgments
This study is derived from the Ph.D. thesis titled, “The investigation of long term performance of crumb rubber modified warm mix asphalt under environmental effects,” and is supported by the Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Firat University (Project number. MF.16.60).
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Received: Oct 21, 2019
Accepted: Feb 6, 2020
Published online: May 30, 2020
Published in print: Aug 1, 2020
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