Investigating Fatigue Behavior of Nanoclay and Nano Hydrated Lime Modified Bitumen Using LAS Test
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 28, Issue 3
Abstract
In this study, the effects of two nanomaterials—nanoclay and nano hydrated lime—on the fatigue properties of bitumen were investigated. Nano hydrated lime was produced in a laboratory using a planetary ball mill. The milling process was conducted in the specified conditions of speed, time of rotation, and ball to powder ratio (BPR). The processing conditions were determined by a trial and error procedure. With the aim of evaluating the fatigue life of modified mixes, various filler-bitumen combinations were tested under linear amplitude sweep (LAS) testing, which was performed using a dynamic shear rheometer (DSR) instrument. The results indicated that nanoclay at 6% level (by weight of bitumen) increased fatigue life of the binder by approximately 40%. The specimen that contained 10% nano hydrated lime showed the fatigue life that was 49% greater than that containing 10% hydrated lime. Based on the results of this research, 6% nanoclay and 5% nano hydrated lime were the optimum amounts of these materials to be added to bitumen for nanomodification purposes.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
AASHTO. (2012). “Standard method of test for estimating fatigue resistance of asphalt binders using the linear amplitude sweep.” TP 101-12, Washington, DC.
Alexandre, M., and Dubois, P. (2000). “Polymer-layered silicate nanocomposites: Preparation, properties and uses of a new class of materials.” Mater. Sci. Eng., 28(1–2), 1–63.
Bahia, H. U., Hunson, D. I., Zeng, M., Zhai, H., Khatri, M. A., and Anderson, R. M. (2001). “Characterization of modified asphalt binders in superpave mix design.” Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.
Botella, R., Pérez-Jiménez, F. E., and Miró, R. (2012). “Application of a strain sweep test to assess fatigue behavior of asphalt binders.” Constr. Build. Mater., 36, 906–912.
Cheng, J., Shen, J., and Xiao, F. (2011). “Moisture susceptibility of warm-mix asphalt mixtures containing nanosized hydrated lime.” J. Mater. Civ. Eng., 1552–1559.
Ghile, D. B. (2006). “Effects of nanoclay modification on rheology of bitumen and on performance of asphalt mixtures.” M.Sc. thesis, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.
Granados-Correa, F., Bonifacio-Martinez, J., and Serrano-Gomez, J. (2009). “The ball milling effect on tribasic calcium phosphate and its chromium (VI) ion sorption properties.” J. Chi. Chem. Soc., 54(3), 252–255.
Hintz, C., Velasquez, R., Johnson, C., and Bahia, H. (2011). “Modification and validation of the linear amplitude sweep test for binder fatigue specification.” Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC.
Jahromi, S. G., and Khodaii, A. (2009). “Effects of nanoclay on rheological properties of bitumen binder.” Constr. Build. Mater., 23(8), 2894–2904.
Johnson, C. M. (2010). “Estimating asphalt binder fatigue resistance using an accelerated test method.” Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
Kabir, S. (2008). “Effect of hydrated lime on the laboratory performance of superpave mixtures.” M.Sc. thesis, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA.
Khattak, M. J., Khattab, A., Rizvi, H. R., and Zhang, P. (2012). “The impact of carbon nano-fiber modification on asphalt binder rheology.” Constr. Build. Mater., 30, 257–264.
Kreyling, W. G., Semmler-Behnke, M., and Chaudhry, Q. (2010). “A complementary definition of nanomaterial.” Nano Today, 5(3), 165–168.
Liu, G. (2011). “Characterization and identification of bituminous materials modified with montmorillonite nanoclay.” M.Sc. thesis, Wuhan Univ. of Technology, P.R. China.
Liu, G., De Ven, M., Wu, S., Yu, J., and Molenaar, A. (2011). “Influence of organo-montmorillonites on fatigue properties of bitumen and mortar.” Int. J. Fatigue, 33(12), 1574–1582.
Moghadas Nejad, F., Azarhoosh, A. R., Hamedi, G. H., and Azarhoosh, M. J. (2012). “Influence of using nonmaterial to reduce the moisture susceptibility of hot mix asphalt.” Constr. Build. Mater., 31, 384–388.
Ozan Gezerman, A., and Didem Corbacioglu, B. (2012). “Use of uniform-sized balls to improve the manufacturing of in ball mills.” Int. J. Mod. Chem., 1(3), 116–124.
Pilar, M., Suñol, J. J., Bonastre, J., and Escoda, L. (2007). “Influence of process control agents in the development of a metastable Fe-Zr based alloy.” J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 353(8–10), 848–850.
Quang, T. N., and Donald, G. B. (2007). “An improved technique for exfoliating and dispersing nanoclay particles into polymer matrices using supercritical carbon dioxide” Polymer, 48(23), 6923–6933.
Ross Hallett, F. (1994). “Particle size analysis by dynamic light scattering.” Food Res. Int., 27(2), 195–198.
Salimi, M. N., Bridson, R. H., Grover, L. M., and Leeke, G. A. (2012). “Effect of processing conditions on the formation of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles.” Powder Technol., 218, 109–118.
Samyn, F., et al. (2008). “Characterisation of the dispersion in polymer flame retarded nanocomposites.” Eur. Polym. J., 44(6), 1631–1641.
Shen, J., Huang, B., Shu, X. S., and Tang, B. (2011). “Size effect of sub nano-scaled hydrated lime on selected properties of HMA.” Int. J. Pavement Res. Technol., 4, 252–257.
Xiao, F., Amirkhanian, A., and Amirkhanian, S. (2011a). “Influence of carbon nanoparticles on the rheological characteristics of short-term aged asphalt binders.” J. Mater. Civ. Eng., 423–431.
Xiao, F., Amirkhanian, A. N., and Amirkhanian, S. N. (2011b). “Long-term ageing influence on rheological characteristics of asphalt binders containing carbon nanoparticles.” Int. J. Pavement Eng., 12(6), 533–541.
You, Z., et al. (2011). “Nanoclay-modified asphalt materials: Preparation and characterization.” Constr. Build. Mater., 25(2), 1072–1078.
Zhou, F., Mogawer, W., Li, H., Andriescu, A., and Copeland, A. (2013). “Evaluation of fatigue tests for characterizing asphalt binders.” J. Mater. Civ. Eng., 610–617.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 28 • Issue 3 • March 2016
Copyright
© 2015 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Received: Dec 2, 2014
Accepted: May 14, 2015
Published online: Aug 31, 2015
Discussion open until: Jan 31, 2016
Published in print: Mar 1, 2016
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.