Development of a Laboratory Testing Protocol To Evaluate Alternative Materials for Use in Modifying Asphalt Binders and Alternative Materials for Use in Modifying Asphalt Mixtures
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2021-08-01
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Edition:March 2019–September 2021
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Abstract:The objectives of this project were to develop separate approval protocols for alternative asphalt binder additives and alternative asphalt mixture additives. To develop these protocols, PG 76-22 (PMA) binder and its Superpave 12.5-mm mix with granite (i.e., control binder and mixture) and two alternatively modified asphalt PG 76-22 binders and their corresponding mixtures (one produced with a reactive terpolymer and the other produced with a bio-rejuvenator) were subjected to several rutting and cracking tests to develop the first protocol. The control mixture, the terpolymer- and bio-rejuvenator-modified mixtures, and two additional alternatively modified mixtures (produced by mixing granite aggregates, control binder with the mix of aramid fibers and Sasobit wax or the mix of aramid and polyolefin fibers) were subjected to various rutting and cracking tests to develop the second protocol. Test results showed that the FDOT-mandated Superpave performance tests of asphalt binders, the Hamburg wheel-track and Ideal cracking tests of asphalt mixtures were able to show whether alternatively modified binders and mixtures would perform equivalent to or better than the control binder or mixture. Results obtained by utilizing these protocols on one additional alternatively modified asphalt binder and two alternatively modified asphalt mixtures seconded these conclusions.
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