Utilization Of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Research Articles

Review of Geotechnical Properties of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement for Reuse in Infrastructure

Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) has been extensively studied for potential use as a recycled material in infrastructure construction. There is consensus that utilization of RAP provides environmental and economic benefits for most projects. However, impacts to engineering performance are less known, owing to the highly variable nature of RAP sources with different asphalt pavement mixtures and milling processes, which has limited the adoption of RAP as fill material in geotechnical infrastructure. This study conducted a comprehensive review of geotechnical properties reported for RAP in the experimental literature. The gradation, specific gravity, density, moisture content, hydraulic conductivity, leaching, shear strength, and creep properties of different RAP sources are summarized and compared. These geotechnical properties, as well as recent investigations into the effects of temperature and aggregate mixing, were used to identify the potential reuse of RAP in highway transportation applications beyond just asphalt mixture design, such as embankments. Additionally, correlations between gradation properties (Cu, D10, D85), asphalt content, and the geotechnical properties of maximum dry density, saturated hydraulic conductivity, and shear strength were identified.

Utilization of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Material in Wet Mix Macadam (W.M.M)

Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) is one of the innovative and effective technologies in many places in the world. The utilization of RAP is rapidly increasing popularity and becoming an emerging technique in India. As per IRC-120:2015, removing or reprocessing pavement materials containing aggregates that are bitumen coated is termed as RAP. These materials are gained through a process in which the existing surface pavement is reclaimed and reused after processing for reconstruction, resurfacing, or repaving. Well graded and high-quality aggregate are achieved from this process. Proper utilization of RAP with specified properties and specified percentages, not only serve as an alternative useful pavement material but also helps in reducing the usage of natural construction material, that will directly reduce the overall cost of projects. By conducting tests as per MoRTH specifications (5th Revision), the various characteristics of RAP material and fresh aggregates are observed. The main objective of the study is to carry out the performance tests: Modified Proctor test on fresh material as well as on material mixed with reclaimed asphalt pavement i.e. 10%, 20%, and 30% of total mix and to achieve optimum moisture content and maximum dry density by using Modified Proctor Test. Attempts are carried out to design a new pavement using Indian Road Congress (I.R.C-37:2018) guidelines and utilization of RAP material. Economic benefits are calculated in terms of fresh and RAP (10%, 20%, and 30%) mix material pavement.

Cost-effectiveness evaluation of pavement maintenance treatments using multiple regression and life-cycle cost analysis

The present study compared the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of four pavement treatments, including hot in-place recycling, milling and filling, thin HMA overlay and microsurfacing. The multiple regression analysis was employed to investigate the effectiveness of treatments and the effect of pretreatment rutting severity and traffic conditions on maintenance effectiveness. The rutting depth (RD) was selected as a performance indicator. The reduction of RD degradation rate and increase in average RD over monitoring period were used as measures of treatment effectiveness. Life-cycle cost analysis was performed to evaluate the treatment cost-effectiveness over a 50-year analysis period. Results indicate that the hot in-place recycling possesses the highest effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Using reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) at appropriate maintenance timing substantially benefits for restoring the rutting resistance of asphalt pavement. These findings provide project agencies with quantitative evidence to support the establishment of the rutting-based maintenance decision-making system and the utilization of RAP in the sustainable pavement management strategies.

Gradation Analysis of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement from National Road as Asphalt Concrete Layer

One of the assets of land transportation infrastructure that obtained attention now is the road. Road construction can support the developing economy, industry, trade, people and good mobility, regional development. Management of road infrastructure assets require to prioritize natural resources managements efficiently as possible. Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) is the result of dredging material with aggregate gradation condition that are not in accordance with the needs of the gradation envelope. Utilization of RAP as a pavement layer is an effort to converse the use of natural materials. The efficiency aspect of RAP aggregate use needs to be done by determining the road pavement layer that is most appropriate to the condition of the RAP aggregate so that the addition of new aggregates is kept to a minimum. The aim of this study was to obtain a suitable pavement layer determination based on the aggregate gradation of RAP and standard specifications. The method used literature study from previous research and RAP aggregate sieve analysis from national roads in East Java Province. The results showed that the utilization of RAP from national roads based on the RAP aggregate conformance value were AC-WC layer of 82.292%, AC-BC layer of 68.75% and AC-Base layer of 41.667%. Based on the gradation analysis, it is found that the RAP aggregate is best suited for the AC-WC layer, because it requires optimal RAP aggregate and the most efficient of additional aggregate.