The influence of characteristics of aggregates on performance of asphalt mixtures

Abstract

Abstract Under the current conditions of road traffic growth, importance should be given to the use of construction products whose technical characteristics have to be tested and to comply with the regulations in force. In our country at present there is the European standard EN 13043:2003 regarding the conditions that natural and artificial aggregates must meet in order to be used in asphalt mixtures. As is well known, these conditions are presented in the form of categories of values to be set by the designer to result in an asphalt mix with certain characteristics. However, this standard does not contain a national annex with specifications on the aggregate categories depending on the type of asphalt mix correlated with the technical class / road / street technical category. The majority of beneficiaries that use aggregates in the production of asphalt mixtures have problems on the national market because there is no correlation between this standard and the national provisions in force, namely the AND 605/2016 (version in force on this date). This paper analyzes the conditions that the natural aggregates for the bituminous mixtures must have and correlates the performance of the aggregates with the performance of the asphalt mix.