Evaluation of Factors Influencing the High Temperature Viscoelastic Response of a Fine Aggregate Matrix Using a Modified Multiple Stress Creep Recovery Test
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements
Volume 150, Issue 4
Abstract
The fine aggregate matrix (FAM), consisting of asphalt binder, mineral filler, fine aggregate, and air voids, plays a major role in the mechanistic response of asphalt mixtures. The behavior of FAM is significantly affected by multiple factors including fine aggregate gradation, asphalt binder type, mineralogical type of the fine aggregate, test temperature, and aging. In this study, three asphalt binders, six fine aggregate gradations, two mineralogical types of fine aggregate, and one field aging effect were considered to prepare FAM samples. A modified multiple stress creep recovery (MSCR) test was used to investigate the high temperature viscoelastic behavior of FAMs by using the torsion bar fixture of a dynamic shear rheometer (DSR), and an appropriate range of creep stress loading in the MSCR test for FAMs was controlled within 1.2 kPa to 25.6 kPa. The results showed that the F-AC13 specimen had the strongest stress sensitivity, especially at the phase of large creep stress. The F-AC20 and F-SUP20 specimens had excellent high temperature viscoelastic performance. The viscoelastic properties of the FAMs were consistent with the properties of their asphalt binder. The FAMs with fine basalt aggregate had better deformation resistance, and the FAMs with fine limestone aggregate had better elastic recovery. The nonrecoverable creep compliance values of the FAM specimens had more sensitivity to the temperature change, and the percentage recovery values increased slightly with increasing temperature. After field aging, the FAM specimens had better deformation resistance and worse elastic recovery. A multifactor analysis of variance (ANOVA) was selected to comprehensively evaluate the significance of these influence factors on the FAM performance. The fine aggregate gradation, asphalt binder, and creep stress had significant effects on the viscoelastic behavior of FAMs. Therefore, improvement of the asphalt binder and fine aggregate gradation can directly enhance the performance of FAMs. The applied creep stress was also a critical condition of the MSCR test for the measurement of FAM performance.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to acknowledge financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52378455), Key R&D Project of Hebei Province (No. 21373801D), Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (No. E2022210054), Central Guidance on Local Science and Technology Development Fund of Hebei Province (No. 226Z3801G), Project for High-Level Talents of Hebei Province (No. A202105004), Fund of Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety and Control of Hebei Province (No. 21567617H), and Project of Hebei Education Department (No. SQ2021002).
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Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements
Volume 150 • Issue 4 • December 2024
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Received: Nov 14, 2023
Accepted: Aug 7, 2024
Published online: Sep 28, 2024
Published in print: Dec 1, 2024
Discussion open until: Feb 28, 2025
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Aggregates
- Binders (material)
- Creep
- Elasticity and Inelasticity
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Engineering mechanics
- Infrastructure
- Load tests
- Material mechanics
- Material properties
- Materials characterization
- Materials engineering
- Mathematical functions
- Mathematics
- Matrix (mathematics)
- Measurement (by type)
- Mechanical properties
- Pavements
- Rheology
- Temperature (by type)
- Temperature effects
- Temperature measurement
- Tests (by type)
- Thermal properties
- Thermodynamics
- Transportation engineering
- Viscoelasticity
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