Fatigue and Permanent Deformation Models for Polymer-Modified Asphalt Mixtures

2001 ◽  
Vol 1767 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad J. Khattak ◽  
Gilbert Y. Baladi
Author(s):  
Mohammad Jamal Khattak ◽  
Gilbert Y. Baladi

A large research program sponsored by the Michigan Department of Transportation was designed and completed to evaluate the effect of polymer modification on the various properties of asphalt mixtures. These include the micro- and macrostructural, morphological, chemical, and engineering properties. Some of the engineering properties of the styrene-butadiene-styrene and styrene-etylene-butylene-styrene polymer-modified asphalt mixtures are presented and discussed. The elastic, fatigue, tensile, and permanent deformation properties were investigated at 60, 25, and –5°C. It was found that, for some polymer systems, the fatigue life and the indirect tensile strength increased considerably at 25°C while the elastic properties at -5°C were not affected by the addition of polymer. The implication of this is that the use of some polymer systems in asphalt mixtures enhances their fatigue cracking and rutting resistance without affecting the low temperature cracking potential.


Author(s):  
Aroon Shenoy ◽  
Kevin Stuart ◽  
Walaa Mogawer

Researchers have often looked for relationships between mechanical properties of asphalt mixtures and rheological properties of binders when assessing the resistance of mixtures and binders to permanent deformation. When mixtures are subjected to deformation on application of a stress, aggregates act as load-bearing entities, and binders deform in response to applied stress. Intuitively, a correlation must exist between the properties of mixtures and binders. However, a good correlation usually is not observed. There could be a number of reasons for the observed poor correlations, including ( a) variability in the data or a possible change in the microstructure of two-phase, polymer-modified asphalt in the presence of aggregates, or ( b) strong interactions between the aggregate and the binder that, of course, are not reflected in the binder properties. In such cases, there are reasons to believe asphalt mastics might provide a better correlation because they would account for at least the physicochemical aspects of the aggregate–binder interaction. The present work compared asphalt mixture data initially with mastic data and then separately with binder data. The mastic and binder rheological data were generated with the same equipment under identical conditions of measurement to identify which one correlates better with the mixture data. A good correlation was obtained in only one case when Superpave® shear tester data for mixtures were compared with the dynamic shear rheometer data for binders. In all cases analyzed in this work, no correlation was found between the permanent deformation for mixtures and the rheological properties of the mastics.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2434
Author(s):  
Laura Moretti ◽  
Nico Fabrizi ◽  
Nicola Fiore ◽  
Antonio D’Andrea

In recent years, nanotechnology has sparked an interest in nanomodification of bituminous materials to increase the viscosity of asphalt binders and improves the rutting and fatigue resistance of asphalt mixtures. This paper presents the experimental results of laboratory tests on bituminous mixtures laid on a 1052 m-long test section built in Rome, Italy. Four asphalt mixtures for wearing and binder layer were considered: two polymer modified asphalt concretes (the former modified with the additive Superplast and the latter modified with styrene–butadiene–styrene), a “hard” graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) modified asphalt concrete and a not-modified mixture. The indirect tensile strength, water sensitivity, stiffness modulus, and fatigue resistance of the mixtures were tested and compared. A statistical analysis based on the results has shown that the mixtures with GNPs have higher mechanical performances than the others: GNP could significantly improve the tested mechanical performances; further studies will be carried out to investigate its effect on rutting and skid resistance.


2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 148
Author(s):  
Sri Mulyani ◽  
Nono Nono ◽  
Nyoman Suaryana

Asphalt polymer has superior characteristics than conventional asphalt. Styrene Butadiene Styrene (SBS) is a polymer that has proven its performance in heavy traffic, but it must be imported and expensive. Crumb rubber have high potential to be used as an asphalt modifier. Asphalt modified crumb rubber has high viscosity and is not homogeneous, so that the utilization cannot be delayed. This reduces workability in the field. This study aims to obtain asphalt modified crumb rubber which is easier to use by adding materials that do not affect its performance. RejIRE is a low viscosity additive to restore the properties of bitumen on crumb rubber modified. Experiments were carried out by adding variations in RejIRE levels to crumb rubber modified asphalt to determine its characteristics. Continued investigation of the performance of hot paved mixtures for wearing courses compared to asphalt mixtures with Pen 60/70 asphalt and SBS modified asphalt mixtures. The result is the addition of 0.75% RejIRE on asphalt crumb rubber modification have high workability. Overall the performance of the mix with SBS modified asphalt is better, but the mixture of hot paved with modified asphalt crumb rubber has a resistance to permanent deformation superior to the other paved mixtures.


2009 ◽  
Vol 614 ◽  
pp. 289-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo Jun Zhu ◽  
Shao Peng Wu ◽  
Ran Liu ◽  
Lei Zhou

The effects of aging on the fatigue property of polymer modified asphalt mixtures are investigated in this paper. Two kinds of aging procedures are adopted for the aging of specimens prepared with polymer modified asphalt mixtures. One is the short-time aging which means that the hot asphalt mixtures was heated in the oven for 4 hours at 135°C before compacted; The other called natural aging, with the original specimen exposed in the sunlight and subjected to the rain and temperature change for 3, 6 and 9 months. Four-Point Bending Test was conducted to evaluate fatigue properties of aged asphalt mixtures at 15°C compared with the original specimens. Test results indicate that the fatigue line of aged specimens have the same tendency as the original asphalt mixtures. However, the life of aged specimen is decreased significantly when compared with the original ones, especially of the natural aged specimens.


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