Rutting Performance of Hot Mix Asphalt Mixture Using Nanopolyacrylate Polymer Modifier

Abstract:

Rutting is a common pavement failure in road pavement. Rutting occurs mainly due to several factors including increasing of vehicles numbers, environmental conditions and also due to construction and design errors. As a consequence the service life of asphalt pavement is affected and will be decreased. Various researches reported that using different types of polymers in bitumen modification could be a solution to delay deterioration of asphalt pavement. The main purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of the NPA polymer modifier on the rutting behaviour of the asphalt mixtures through Superpave designed mixtures. . Two different types of dense graded Superpave HMA mix were developed consists of Control mix and nanopolyacrylate (NPA) mix. Results showed that all the mixes passed the Superpave volumetric properties criteria which indicate that these mixtures were good with respect to durability and flexibility. Furthermore there is a significant difference between Control mix and NPA mix in terms of rutting in which rut depth after 8000 passes for Control mix was 5.94 mm while for NPA mix was 2.98 mm. The results of this investigation indicated that the Rutting test result of NPA demonstrates 3% better resistance to rutting than those prepared using Control mix. This is due to the addition of NPA to the bitumen has certainly improved the bitumen properties significantly and hence increase the resistant to rutting of the asphalt mixture. Therefore, it can be concluded that NPA polymer is feasible to be used as asphalt modifier and has potential for improvement in the field of pavement material and construction in future.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 752-753)
• Pages: 194-198
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.752-753.194
• Online since: April 2015
• Authors: E. Shaffie*, J. Ahmad, D. Kamarun
• Keywords: Modified Binder, Nanopolyacrylate, Physical Properties, Rutting, Superpave Mix Design

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