Abstract
Chip seal is an effective preventive maintenance technology for the pavement distress repair and pavement service life extension. Adding fiber or rubber powder alone has been shown to improve chip seal performance. However, the full potential of chip seal could not be attained by utilizing only fiber or rubber powder singularly. In this study, a fiber-reinforced rubber asphalt chip seal was prepared and evaluated based on multiple properties enhancement. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was conducted to assess the level of significant influence of rubber powder content and shearing time on the results of the penetration, softening point, ductility, and elastic recovery tests. The optimal process parameters for rubber asphalt were further analyzed and determined based on the ANOVA results. Bending beam rheometer (BBR) and rotational viscosity tests were executed to evaluate the low-temperature crack resistance and workability of the rubber asphalt. Cover, sweep, 45-degree skew shear and texture depth tests were performed to identify the optimum proportion of fiber-reinforced rubber asphalt chip seal. Tensile, temperature stability, water stability and three-point bending tests were conducted to evaluate chip seal performance. Cost analysis for mature preventive maintenance technology was carried out to evaluate equivalent annual costs. The results show that essential parameters for preparing rubber asphalt were the rubber powder content of 22.5% and the shearing time of 60 min. Moreover, the optimum proportion of fiber-reinforced rubber asphalt chip seal was determined to be 9.55 kg/m2 of aggregates, 2.3 kg/m2 of rubber asphalt, and 80 g/m2 of fiber. This study also confirmed that the fiber-reinforced rubber asphalt chip seal outperformed the rubber asphalt chip seal in terms of crack resistance, skid resistance, bonding performance, temperature stability, water stability and fatigue resistance. Combined with cost analysis, it was found that the fiber-reinforced rubber asphalt chip seal was a type of cost-effective preventive maintenance technology.
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