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Mechanical properties of reclaimed asphalt pavement mixtures with rejuvenator

Mechanical properties of reclaimed asphalt pavement mixtures with rejuvenator / Ong Ju Kit
Sejajar dengan peningkatan permintaan terhadap agregat dan bitumen baru, usaha penyelidikan telah beralih kepada teknologi turapan asfalt kitar semula (RAP) dalam pembinaan jalan berturap yang berasaskan kelestarian. Sebagai akibat daripada penggantian bahan asfalt baru dengan bahan kitar semula, campuran asfalt menjadi lebih terdedah kepada kegagalan retak. Justeru, bahan tambah pembalik muda digunakan untuk memulihkan prestasi campuran RAP. Objektif utama kajian ini adalah untuk menyiasat kesan bahan tambah pembalik muda terhadap sifat mekanikal campuran asfalt yang mengandungi 50% dan 70% bahan RAP dari segi kerentanan retakan dan ubah bentuk kekal. Kajian ini juga bertujuan untuk membandingkan prestasi campuran RAP dengan campuran asfalt baru yang mengandungi bahan tambah kalis pelucutan. Keseluruhannya, ujian konvensional seperti modulus kebingkasan, daya tegangan tidak langsung dan lenturan separuh bulatan bertakuk menunjukkan prestasi campuran RAP terpulih bersetanding dengan campuran asfalt baru, dan mengatasi campuran RAP biasa dalam konteks ketahanan retakan tegangan tulen dan retakan campuran tegangan-ricih serta ubah bentuk elastik. Pemodelan algoritma menunjukkan campuran RAP terpulih mengalami pelucutan awal berbanding campuran asfalt lain dalam ujian rayapan dinamik. Selain itu, kaedah inovasi seperti teknik pengimejan dwidimensi juga dilaksanakan untuk mengenalpasti kesan bahan tambah pembalik muda terhadap kekakuan campuran RAP dalam ujian-ujian retakan. Analisis pengimejan dijalankan dengan penggunaan perisian sistem maklumat geografi (GIS). Kajian analisis pengimejan dwidimensi membuktikan laluan retakan dan daya ketegangan campuran asfalt tertakluk kepada kekakuan lapisan mortar pada suhu ambien, tetapi lebih dipengaruhi oleh kekuatan agregat pada suhu rendah. Penggunaan bahan tambah pembalik muda didapati berkesan dalam mempengaruhi ciri permukaan retakan campuran RAP. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ In view of the ever-escalating demand for virgin aggregates and bitumen, research efforts have now turned to reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) technology as the solution for sustainable bituminous road construction. However, substituting virgin materials with very high RAP contents would render the pavement vulnerable to cracking. Thus, rejuvenator is incorporated to recuperate the performance of RAP mixtures. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the effects of a rejuvenator on the mechanical properties of asphalt mixtures incorporating 50% and 70% RAP contents in terms of cracking and rut susceptibility. This study compares the performance of RAP mixture with virgin mixture imparted with a strong antistripping agent. Overall, conventional performance tests such as resilient modulus, indirect tensile strength and notched SCB tests indicated that the rejuvenated mixtures performed comparably with virgin mixtures, and outperformed non-rejuvenated RAP mixtures in the context of pure tensile and tensile-shear fracture toughness and elastic deformation. Through algorithmic modelling, it was also found that rejuvenated mixtures experienced relatively earlier stripping in comparison with virgin and non-rejuvenated RAP mixtures in the dynamic creep test. A new two-dimensional (2-D) imaging technique was innovated to better understand the effects of rejuvenator on the stiffness of RAP mixtures in various fracture tests. Image analysis was implemented with the use of geographic information system (GIS) software. From this study, 2-D imaging technique revealed that the fracture path and tensile strength of asphalt mixtures were governed by the stiffness of the mortar layer at intermediate temperature, but influenced by the strength of aggregates at low temperature. The effects of rejuvenator on the fracture surface characteristics of RAP mixtures were found to be significant.
Contributor(s):
Ong Ju Kit - Author
Primary Item Type:
Final Year Project
Identifiers:
Accession Number : 875007636
Language:
English
Subject Keywords:
virgin aggregate; bitumen; reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP)
First presented to the public:
6/1/2018
Original Publication Date:
8/3/2018
Previously Published By:
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Place Of Publication:
School of Civil Engineering
Citation:
Extents:
Number of Pages - 119
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Date Deposited
2018-08-06 10:07:08.44
Date Last Updated
2019-01-07 11:24:32.9118
Submitter:
Mohd Jasnizam Mohd Salleh

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