Abstract
In this study, the aged asphalt binder and mixture were laboratory prepared through short-term ageing testing and long-term ageing testing. Firstly, the effect of rejuvenator on physical properties of aged asphalt binders was investigated. In addition, a series of laboratory tests were performed to evaluate the influence of ageing and rejuvenator content on the mechanical properties, durability and dynamic characteristics of asphalt mixtures. Physical test results of asphalt binder testified that rejuvenator used can efficiently recover the aged asphalt binder. However, the effect of ageing and rejuvenator content exhibits different trends depending on the physical property tests conducted. Moreover, artificially aged asphalt mixture with rejuvenator has better ability to resist moisture damage and ravelling. In addition, the ITSR value is more suitable to evaluate the moisture susceptibility for asphalt recycling. Although rejuvenator improves the thermal cracking resistance and fatigue property of aged asphalt mixture, rejuvenated mixture shows greater modulus and inferior ability to resist reflective cracking than the unaged mixture. Moreover, rejuvenated mixture shows less dependence on frequency at high temperature regions and stronger dependence at low temperature regions compared to unaged and long-term aged mixtures.
Highlights
Asphalt mixture is widely used as a common road material for structural layers of pavement worldwide
The effect of ageing and rejuvenator on asphalt binder and mixture was investigated by a mixture
The effect of ageing and rejuvenator on asphalt binder and mixture was investigated by series of laboratory tests in this study
Summary
Asphalt mixture is widely used as a common road material for structural layers of pavement worldwide. Weather conditions and repeated load would deteriorate the mechanical performance and durability of the asphalt mixture, and lead to some irreversible pavement distresses such as ravelling, rutting, cracking, etc. Removal of old pavement structure produces a large amount of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP). 60,000,000 t of RAP material can be obtained annually in China [1]. To reduce the construction cost and generate environmental benefits, different countries have launched a series of experimental and practical researches on application of RAP material in new pavement construction [2,3].
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