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Author: Washington State University Publisher: ISBN: 9780309446334 Category : Pavements, Asphalt Languages : en Pages : 116
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Compares material properties and field performance of warm mix asphalt (WMA) and control hot mix asphalt (HMA) pavement sections constructed at 28 locations across the United States. It explores significant determinants for each type of distress and potential practices regarding the use of WMA technologies.
Author: Washington State University Publisher: ISBN: 9780309446334 Category : Pavements, Asphalt Languages : en Pages : 116
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Compares material properties and field performance of warm mix asphalt (WMA) and control hot mix asphalt (HMA) pavement sections constructed at 28 locations across the United States. It explores significant determinants for each type of distress and potential practices regarding the use of WMA technologies.
Author: Randy Clark West Publisher: ISBN: 9780309308038 Category : Pavements, Asphalt Languages : en Pages : 244
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"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 779: Field Performance of Warm Mix Asphalt Technologies compares material properties and field performance of warm mix asphalt and control hot mix asphalt pavement sections constructed at 14 locations across the United States between 2006 and 2010."--Publisher description.
Author: Kwadwo Ampadu Boateng Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This study focused on the assessment of long-term performance of asphalt pavements containing warm mix asphalt technologies in Louisiana. A total of five rehabilitation projects were studied in the state of Louisiana. The study consisted of engineering desk analyses of field performance indicators, indices and the initial laboratory performance indicators measured for five rehabilitation projects. The engineering desk study consisted of a review of literature from previous WMA technology projects done in Louisiana. Additionally, data was acquired and validated from the Louisiana Pavement Management System (PMS). Pavement performance indicators (i.e., cracking (transverse, longitudinal, and fatigue cracking), roughness, rutting, and pavement indices and pavement condition index data acquired from PMS were analyzed using statistical methods. Furthermore, laboratory test data for mechanical performance indicators at the construction stage such as loaded wheel tracking (LWT) rut depth, semi-circular bend (SCB) Jc , flow number, and dissipated creep strain energy (DCSE) were obtained from LTRC database and published reports. Analysis to link initial laboratory mechanical performance indicators to field performance indicators were performed. In general, similar, or better pavement performance indicators for rutting and cracking (longitudinal, transverse, and alligator) was reported for WMA test sections compared to their companion hot mix asphalt (HMA) sections. Additionally, the LWT rut depth was found to be a better indicator of field rutting performance than the flow number parameter. It should be noted that SCB Jc parameter was found to correctly rank more field cracking indicators than the DCSE parameter and hence may be a better indicator of field cracking performance than the DCSE parameter. Additionally, the actual field performance indices for both Conventional HMA AND WMA test sections were similar or higher than the predicted indices based on LA DOTD performance curve formulae. Which indicates a better or similar distress performance after seven to ten years in service.
Author: Faramarz Farshidi Publisher: ISBN: 9781267758804 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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In recent years Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) technologies have been used to modify asphalt binders, with the following objectives: to decrease production and construction temperatures, reduce fumes and emissions, increase haul distance, and improve the workability of the mix. Reduced temperatures at the plant and during laydown and compaction are hypothesized to positively impact long-term oxidative aging behavior due to less oxidation/aging and result in less emissions during production and construction due to reduced production and construction temperatures. The purpose of this investigation was to quantify these improvements with respect to long-term oxidative aging in the field and environmental benefits with respect to volatile organic compounds, semi-volatile organic compounds and poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in order to confirm or deny this hypothesis. This research evaluated the potential durability of WMA and Rubberized Warm Mix Asphalt (R-WMA) binders with respect to long-term aging through characterization of field-aged binders extracted and recovered from field cores. The results were compared to the control conventional Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) and Rubberized Hot Mix Asphalt (R-HMA) samples. Binders were extracted and recovered from thirteen different test sections and a total of seven different WMA technologies were evaluated in this study. The Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR) was used to evaluate the rheological properties of the binders at high temperatures with respect to rutting performance in the field. The Bending Beam Rheometer (BBR) was used to characterize low temperature properties of the binder samples. A new testing procedure was developed to measure and characterize the rheological properties of the R-HMA and R-WMA binders with respect to performance-related properties in the field. The rheological results indicated that depending on the WMA technology used, the addition of WMA technologies and reduced production and compaction temperatures result in increase or decrease rutting resistance performance for WMA and R-WMA binders with respect to permanent deformation at high temperatures in the field. Both WMA and R-WMA binders studied meet the established thermal cracking criteria with respect to low temperature cracking in the field. The aging kinetics curves for WMA-treated binders are parallel to the control binders and the addition of WMA technologies including organic, chemical and mechanical foaming technologies studied in this research did not result in a different aging kinetics trend with respect to long-term aging in the field. A portable "flux" chamber was designed and fabricated to capture and directly measure emissions during paving operations. Emissions were collected in activated charcoal sorbent tubes for characterizing volatile organic compounds and semi-volatile organic compounds. XAD-2 resin tubes and filters were used to capture the gaseous phase and particulate phase of the PAH compounds, respectively. A reliable analytical method was developed to identify and quantify alkane emissions using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS) in the laboratory. A separate method was developed for identification and characterization of trace level PAH compounds of the asphalt fumes. The results demonstrated that the warm mix asphalt technology type, plant mixing temperature and level of compaction significantly influence the emission characteristics throughout paving operations. Moreover, the emissions kinetics indicated that the majority of the reactive organic gases are volatilized in the first hour after sampling initiation (immediately after production and before compaction). To better understand and identify any chemical composition changes of the binder due to WMA technologies, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) was used for understanding structural complexities of HMA and WMA binder molecules. Qualitative analysis of both carbon and hydrogen atoms with HMA and WMA binders showed that the molecular structures of the binders are not significantly changed by the effect of WMA technologies.
Author: Arif Chowdhury Publisher: ISBN: Category : Pavements, Asphalt Languages : en Pages : 61
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Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) technology, recently developed in Europe, is gaining strong interest in the US. By lowering the viscosity of asphalt binder and/or increasing the workability of mixture using minimal heat, WMA technology allows the mixing, transporting, and paving process at significantly lower temperature. Using this new technology, asphalt mix can be produced as much as 1000 F lower than traditional hot mix asphalt (HMA). Several benefits of lower mixing and compaction temperature include: less emission, savings in energy cost, longer construction season, less odor, and construction during non-peak periods. Despite the apparent benefits, some researchers are concerned about the long-term performance of this new mixture. In last few years, dozens of field test sections have been constructed thorough out the USA using different WMA technologies. It is too early to report the performance; but so far, no negative performance has been reported in the literature. In the last few years, several large national and state level research projects have been initiated to evaluate, validate, and implement this new technology. This report documents the results of a comprehensive review of worldwide information dealing with the following issues as related to warm mix asphalt: Current state of the art/practice of WMA; cost and benefits of WMA technology; plant modifications to accommodate WMA; mixture design; durability and performance; performance related testing; quality control; specifications; and construction guidelines.
Author: Washington State University
Author: Washington State University
Author: Randy Clark West
Author: Kwadwo Ampadu Boateng
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Author: Faramarz Farshidi
Author: Arif Chowdhury
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Author: David John Jones