Evaluation of Performance Deterioration Characteristics of Asphalt Mixture in Corrosion Environment Formed by Snow-Melting Agents
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 34, Issue 3
Abstract
To simulate the influence of the corrosion environment caused by snow-melting agent on pavement, an asphalt mixture was treated by dry-wet cycle in a NaCl solution with various concentrations. The rutting test, bending test, freeze-thaw splitting test, immersion Hamburg wheel-track test, industrial computed tomography (ICT) test, and scanning electron microscope (SEM) test were conducted to evaluate the adverse effect of snow-melting agent on road performance, durability, and the microstructural characteristics of SMA13, AC13, and SUP13 asphalt mixtures. The damage mechanism of performance for asphalt mixtures in a corrosion environment was also discussed. The results show that the road performance and durability of SMA13, SUP13, and AC13 asphalt mixtures decrease by various extents after being treated by the method of dry-wet cycle in chloride salt solution. Among the three kinds of asphalt mixture, SMA13 shows the best resistance to the corrosion of NaCl solution, followed by SUP13 and AC13. After being treated in salt solution, the void parameters such as total void volume, average void volume, equivalent void diameter, and air void of a Marshall specimen grow fast first and then tend to stabilize. The crystallization expansion of NaCl crystals results in structural damage inside the mixture, and then the strength of the asphalt mixture greatly declines, leading to the deterioration of road performance and durability in a salt corrosion environment. SMA13 asphalt mixture is recommended for pavement surface layers where the snow-melting agent is often used.
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Acknowledgments
The study is supported by the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Anhui (1908085QE217 and 1908085MF207), the Quality Engineering Project of Colleges and Universities in Anhui Province (2019sxzx29 and 202013619001), the Key Project of the Natural Science Research of Anhui Provincial Department of Education (KJ2020A1214), the Quality Engineering Project of Fuyang Normal University (College of Information Engineering) (2018FXJS01, 2020FXJY02, and 2020JXCGJ03), the Henan Provincial Department of Science and Technology Research Project (212102310459), the Open Fund of National Engineering Laboratory of Highway Maintenance Technology (Changsha University of Science and Technology) (kfj180108), the Science and Technology Project of Henan Province (202102310589), the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (ZR2020QE274), the Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province (Soft Science Project) (2020RKB01602), and the Science and Technology Plan of Shandong Transportation Department (2020B93). The authors gratefully acknowledge their financial support.
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Received: Jan 16, 2021
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Published online: Dec 24, 2021
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