Influence of Plastic Waste on Chemical and Mechanical Properties of Modified Bitumen Used in the Bituminous Mix for Flexible Pavement
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 33, Issue 2
Abstract
The moisture damage on a bituminous road in tropical regions are proliferated only at the weakest aggregate-bitumen interfaces by adverse weathering conditions and propagates for the vehicular overloading condition. Therefore, an evaluation of the moisture damage resistance potency of hot mix asphalt (HMA) modified with different waste plastic fractions was considered as the state-of-art in this investigation. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, force spectroscopy using an atomic force microscope (AFM), modified Marshall immersion, and indirect tensile strength test methods were adopted to conduct this study. Study outcomes explored that 1% of different plastic waste fractions comprised of 2(PB): 0.25(PMP): 1(PC) to the HMA in a wet process indicated the highest moisture damage resistive potential due to the existence of strong nitrogenous chemical fraction. Hence, such a combination of plastic waste fraction may be used as an effective moisture resistive bitumen modifier to make a durable bituminous mix used in the wearing course of flexible pavements.
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Acknowledgments
The authors are very thankful to the Public Works Department, Shibpur Sub-division of Howrah in West Bengal (India) for supplying the materials used in the investigation. Further, the constant help and support rendered by the faculty and staff members of the Highway Engineering Laboratory in IIEST, Shibpur are thankfully acknowledged. Sincere gratitude goes to IIT-Kharagpur for providing the opportunity to use its central lab facility for the required experiments of this investigation. Furthermore, special thanks to Professor Nicholas D. Spencer and Dr. S. Ramakrishna of the Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology in ETH Zurich (Switzerland) for their kind assistance in this investigation.
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Received: Feb 4, 2020
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Published online: Nov 17, 2020
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