Study of Road Property of Basalt Fiber Asphalt Concrete

Abstract:

In order to discuss the effectiveness of basalt fiber in reinforcing pavement performance of asphalt mixtures, the pavement performances of basalt fiber asphalt mixtures were investigated by tests of high temperature stability, water stability and low temperature crack resistance, and compared with the pavement performance of asphalt mixtures with polyester fiber and xylogen fiber, and that of reference mixture. The results show that pavement performance of fiber asphalt mixture are improved and optimized comparing with reference asphalt mixture, the performance of asphalt mixture with basalt fiber are excelled than those with polyester fiber and xylogen fiber while the dosage of fibers is keeping at the optimum.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 238)
• Pages: 22-25
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.238.22
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Yuan Zhao Chen, Zhen Xia Li
• Keywords: Asphalt Concrete, Crack Resistance, Road Engineering, Road Property, Stability, Study

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