Volumetric and Mechanical Properties of Large Stone Asphalt Mixture Produced by Laboratory Compaction of Vertical Vibration Compaction Method
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 35, Issue 11
Abstract
Herein, a vertical vibration compaction method (VVTM) is proposed to stimulate the practical compaction loading condition for a large stone asphalt mixture with nominal maximum size of 53 mm (LSAM-50) and its reliability is verified. The physical and mechanical properties of LSAM-50 specimens formed using VVTM and the static pressure method (PCT) were compared. The results show that the compression strength and splitting strength of VVTM specimens are 1.29 times and 1.31 times that of the PCT specimens, respectively. Compared with the field test, the compressive strengths of the VVTM and PCT specimens are 94.4% and 72.9% of the field core, respectively. The splitting strengths of the VVTM and PCT specimens are 89.5% and 68.0%, respectively. Additionally, the extraction test revealed that the degree of damage to the internal aggregates of VVTM specimens was considerably less than that of the PCT specimens. Therefore, the performance of VVTM specimens surpasses that of the PCT specimens, and the compaction effect of VVTM is more relevant to field compaction, making it a better choice for evaluating the mechanical and volumetric properties of LSAM-50.
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Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This research was supported by the Innovation Capability Support Plan of Shaanxi Province (No. 2022TD-06), the Science and Technology Project of the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Transportation (No. 20-02K), and the Department of Education Scientific Research Project of Hunan Province (No. 22B0752). The authors gratefully acknowledge all the financial support.
Author contributions: Ya Tan: conceptualization, methodology, data curation, and writing-original draft preparation. Yingjun Jiang: conceptualization, writing-reviewing and editing, and supervision. Yong Yi: investigation and validation. Tian Tian: software and validation. Sheng Li: data curation and visualization. Yuxin Wang: data curation. Hongjian Su: data curation. Changqing Deng: software and validation.
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Volume 35 • Issue 11 • November 2023
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Received: Dec 26, 2022
Accepted: Apr 18, 2023
Published online: Aug 31, 2023
Published in print: Nov 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Jan 31, 2024
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