Effect of Oxidative Aging on the Engineering Properties of DGAMs

Authors

  • Al-Hadidy A.I. Civil Engineering Department, University of Mosul, Mosul - Iraq
  • Abdullah M. Rashed Road Construction Department, Duhok Polytechnic University, Kurdistan Region - -Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25007/ajnu.v7n4a271

Keywords:

Aging, Asphalt binders, Performance tests, Service life, Pavement response

Abstract

Short and long term aging were conducted on the dense graded asphalt mixtures (DGAMs) containing 40-50 penetration grade asphalt cement binders. The short term oven aging (STOA) was conducted on loose mixtures at temperature of 135 °C for four hours and at temperature of 154 °C for two hours, whereas, the long term oven aging (LTOA) was conducted at temperature of 85 °C and at two periods of time between four and eight days. Marshall properties, tensile and compressive strength at 25 and 60°C, flexural strength at 0 and -10°C, cohesion at 60°C, tensile strength ratio, and index of retained strength were carried out on unaged and aged DGAM. A mechanistic-empirical design approach using BISAR program was adopted for estimating the improvement in service life of the pavement or reduction in thickness of DGAM and base layer for the same service life due to the aging of DGAM. The results showed that the STOA and LTOA: (1) increases resistance of DGAM against permanent deformation, stripping, and flexural strength; (2) increases traffic benefit ratio between 10 and 20%; (3) reduces the thickness of the surface layer between 8 and 14%; and (4) the base thickness reduces between 35% and 57%.

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Published

2018-12-21

How to Cite

A.I., A.-H., & Rashed, A. M. (2018). Effect of Oxidative Aging on the Engineering Properties of DGAMs. Academic Journal of Nawroz University, 7(4), 50–66. https://doi.org/10.25007/ajnu.v7n4a271

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