Determination of the Optimum Conditions for Gilsonite and Glass Fiber in HMA under Mixed Mode I/III Loading in Fracture Tests
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 30, Issue 7
Abstract
This study used the Taguchi method to determine optimum conditions for Gilsonite and glass fibers as modifier materials in hot mix asphalt (HMA) by conducting the mixed Mode I/III fracture test. These modifier materials were used under different experimental parameters. The parameters and their levels were angle of fracture ( and 45°), nominal maximum aggregate size (9.5, 12.5, and 19 mm), air void content (4, 7, and 10%), Gilsonite content (6, 12, and 18%, as percentage of binder weight), glass fiber content (0.1, 0.2, and 0.3%, as percentage of aggregate weight), glass fiber length (3, 8, and 12 mm), and experimental temperature (, , and ). The optimum conditions for experimental parameters were fracture angle (), air void content (4%), nominal maximum aggregate size (9.5 mm), Gilsonite content (6%), glass fiber weight (0.3%), glass fiber length (12 mm), and experimental temperature ().
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Received: Jul 30, 2017
Accepted: Nov 17, 2017
Published online: Apr 26, 2018
Published in print: Jul 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Sep 26, 2018
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