Affiliation:
1. Department of Roadway Engineering, School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
2. School of Civil Engineering and Environment, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Abstract
Recycling agents (RAs) can mitigate the adverse effects of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) on recycled asphalt, which can result in more RAP being added. To explore the effects of four RAs on recycled asphalt, this study used asphalt rheological performance experiments, including the bending beam rheometer (BBR) test, the dynamic shear rheological (DSR) test, and the indirect tensile asphalt cracking test (IDEAL-CT), to study the performance grade (PG), cracking resistance, and cracking susceptibility of recycled asphalt. In addition, an aging model for asphalt was used, and short-term and long-term aging sensitivities were evaluated according to this model. Results showed that US Soybean significantly enhanced the high-temperature and low-temperature performance grade (PGLT) and cracking resistance and reduced cracking sensitivity of the recycled asphalt. In addition, the short-term aging sensitivity was the lowest. It showed the best regeneration effect. However, the recycled asphalt with US Soybean showed the highest long-term aging sensitivity, suggesting that longer aging time results in poorer performance. Ingevity’s PG, cracking resistance, and cracking sensitivity are slightly lower than that of US Soybean, and Ingevity demonstrated the second lowest short-term aging sensitivity. However, its prolonged aging sensitivity was much lower than that of US Soybean. Asphalt and Wax Innovations and Georgia Pacific agents slightly improved recycled asphalt properties. The long-term aging sensitivity of recycled asphalt with four Ras was higher than that of recycled asphalt without Ras. These results indicated that the recycled asphalt’s performance with Ras worsened as aging time increased compared to the original recycled asphalt.
Subject
Building and Construction,Civil and Structural Engineering,Architecture
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