A LABORATORY STUDY OF BITUMINOUS MIXES USING A NATURAL FIBRE

Abstract

Generally, a hydrocarbon mixture could be a mixture of coarse combination, fine combination, filler and binder. A Hot combine Asphalt could be a hydrocarbon mixture wherever all constituents ar mixed, placed and compacted at warm temperature. HMA is Dense ranked mixes (DGM) called Bituminous Concrete (BC) or gap ranked called Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA). SMA requires stabilising additives composed of polysaccharide fibbers, mineral fibres or polymers to prevent drain down of the combination. within the gift study, an effort has been created to review the consequences of use of a naturally and domestically out there fibre known as SISAL fibre is employed as stabilizer in SMA associated as an additive in BC. For preparation of the mixes combination gradation has been taken as per MORTH specification, binder content has been varied often from fourdimensional to seven-membered and fibre content varied from 1/3 to most zero.5% of total combine. As a district of preliminary study, ash has been found to result satisfactory Marshall Properties and therefore has been used for mixes in subsequent works. victimization Marshall Procedure Optimum Fibre Content (OFC) for each B.C. and SMA mixes was found to be zero.3%. equally Optimum Binder Content (OBC) for B.C. and SMA were found to be five-hitter and five.2% severally. Then the B.C. and SMA mixes ready at OBC and OFC ar subjected to totally different performance checks like Drain down test, Static Indirect strength check and Static Creep check to judge the consequences of fibre addition on combine performance. it's ended that addition of sisal fibre improve the combination properties like Marshall Stability, Drain down characteristics and indirect strength just in case of each BC and SMA mixes. Ii is ascertained that SMA is healthier than B.C. in respect of indirect tensile strength and creep characteristics.