Evaluation of Cold Recycled Asphalt Mixture Treated with Portland Cement as Base-Layer Materials
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 32, Issue 3
Abstract
Highway agencies are using reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP), particularly cold recycled asphalt mixtures (CRAMs) more than ever before. CRAMs have been also used by a Korean contractor, but it was observed that pavements constructed with this material in the base layer experienced cracks and other distresses on the surface. Thus, an investigation was carried out to find causes and potential improvements. A case study conducted on a substance called “Contractor Mix,” including asphalt emulsion, acrylate polymer (AP), and portland cement with a significantly high cement to emulsion ratio resulted in undesired brittleness rendering it similar to cement treated RAP mixture. In the present study, Contractor Mix was further evaluated along with a control hot mix asphalt (HMA) and portland cement concrete (PCC). Also, three more CRAMs with different proportions were evaluated with the same ingredients as Contractor Mix. Experimental study was performed by conducting asphalt mixture tests including dynamic modulus, indirect tensile strength, and compressive strength. Finally, performance of pavements constructed with different CRAMs in base layer were predicted using AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design. The simulated results predicted that while pavements of Contractor Mix would experience transverse cracking, those with HMA, PCC, and all other CRAMs would perform satisfactorily under the conditions investigated in the present study.
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Acknowledgments
This research project was sponsored by Korean Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technologies (KICT). The authors would like to express sincere appreciation to the following engineers for their generous cooperation: Drs. Kyudong Jeong and Kanghoon Lee of KICT; Messrs. George Monaghan, Kevin Broccolo, Alfred Speredelozzi, Matt Leal, and Erik Swain of URI; and Messrs. Chad Becker and Deepak Ragunathan of Pavement ME Team at ARA/TRANS.
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Volume 32 • Issue 3 • March 2020
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Received: Feb 11, 2019
Accepted: Aug 9, 2019
Published online: Jan 9, 2020
Published in print: Mar 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Jun 9, 2020
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