Study on pavement performance of cotton straw cellulose modified asphalt

Abstract

To improve the pavement performance of heavy traffic asphalt pavement, two modifiers, cotton straw powder and cotton straw cellulose, were added to matrix asphalt. Through the tenacity test, dynamic shear rheological test, multi-stress creep recovery test and bending beam rheological test of asphalt, the tenacity, high temperature properties, viscoelastic properties and low temperature properties of three kinds of asphalt, including matrix asphalt, cotton straw powder modified asphalt and cotton straw cellulose modified asphalt, were evaluated. Scanning electron microscopy and synchronous thermal analyzer were used to analyze the microstructure and thermal stability of modified asphalt. The results show that both cotton stalk powder and cotton stalk cellulose can effectively improve the tenacity, temperature sensitivity and rheological properties of asphalt. The comprehensive improvement effect of 1% cotton straw cellulose is the best, but its low temperature performance has not been improved significantly. Cotton straw cellulose and asphalt form a more stable system, thereby improving the stability of asphalt. The increase of asphaltene content and the decrease of aromatic content are due to the good oil absorption of cotton straw cellulose, and the high temperature performance of asphalt is improved.