Evaluation of Warm Mix Asphalt Mixtures with Foaming Technology and Additives Using New Simple Performance Testing Equipment

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

To produce asphalt mixtures at temperature significantly below $135^{\circ}C$, called "Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA)", new technologies are currently being developed worldwide. To produce WMA mixtures in this research, foaming technology is adopted to effectively disperse asphalt binder at lower temperature than hot mix asphalt (HMA) in the field. The main objectives of this study are to develop WMA process using foaming technology (WMA-foam) and evaluate its performance characteristics under various temperatures and loading conditions. WMA-foam mixtures were produced by injecting PO 64-22 foamed asphalt into warm aggregates whereas WMA mixtures were produced by adding PO 64-22 asphalt (without foaming) in the warm aggregates. Both dynamic modulus and flow number of WMA-foam mixtures were higher than those of WMA mixtures. Based on the limited dynamic modulus and repeated load test results, it is concluded that the WMA-foam mixtures using warm aggregates at $100^{\circ}C$ are more resistant to fatigue cracking and rutting than WMA mixtures.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

최근에 $135^{\circ}C^{\circ}C$ 이하의 온도에서 생산되는 중온형 아스팔트 혼합물의 새로운 생산 기술이 전세계적으로 개발되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 가열 아스팔트보다 낮은 온도에서 아스팔트를 효과적으로 골재에 분산시켜 코팅할 수 있는 폼드 아스팔트 기술을 이용하여 중온형 아스팔트 혼합물을 생산하였으며, 최근 개발된 새로운 Simple Performance Testing 장비를 이용하여 다양한 온도와 하중조건 하에서 중온형 폼드 아스팔트 혼합물의 공용성 특성을 평가하였다. 중온형 폼드 아스팔트 혼합물은 FG 64-22의 아스팔트를 거품상태로 만들어 중온으로 가열된 골재에 뿌려서 제조하였으며, 중온형 아스팔트 혼합물은 중온의 골재에 FG 64-22의 아스팔트를 액상 상태로 첨가하여 제조하였다. 중온형 폼드 아스팔트 혼합물은 중온형 아스팔트 혼합물보다 높은 동탄성계수와 Flow Number를 나타내었다. 따라서, $100^{\circ}C$로 가열된 골재를 사용하여 생산된 중온형 폼드 아스팔트 혼합물은 중온형 아스팔트 혼합물에 비하여 피로균열 및 소성변형 저항에 우수한 것으로 평가되었다.

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