Title: | Impact of High RAP Contents on Structural and Performance Properties of Asphalt Mixtures |
Author(s): | Al-Qadi, Imad L.; Aurangzeb, Qazi; Carpenter, Samuel H.; Pine, William J.; Trepanier, James |
Subject(s): | Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP), High RAP, Mixture Volumetrics, Complex Modulus, Flow Number Test, Beam Fatigue Test, Fracture test, Wheel Tracking Test. |
Abstract: | Currently, highway agencies in Illinois are exploring the feasibility of using of higher amounts of reclaimed asphalt
pavement (RAP) in asphalt mixtures. Concerns about variability in aggregate gradation and higher stiffness of aged RAP
binder have limited this use, however. This research project was designed to characterize the performance of hot-mix
asphalt (HMA) with high amounts of RAP and to identify any special considerations that must be met to utilize these higher
RAP contents.
Two material sources from two districts were used to prepare eight 3/4-in nominal maximum aggregate size (NMAS) N90
binder mix designs. The mix designs included a control mix with 0% RAP and three HMAs with 30%, 40%, and 50% RAP
for each district. A base asphalt binder (PG 64-22) was used in the mix design process; a single-bumped binder (PG 58-22)
and a double-bumped binder (PG 58-28) were also used to prepare specimens for performance testing. The tests
conducted on the HMAs were moisture susceptibility, flow number, complex modulus, beam fatigue, semi-circular bending,
and wheel tracking. All tested HMAs with RAP performed equal to or better than the mixtures prepared with virgin
aggregate.
The study found that HMAs with high RAP content (up to 50%) can be designed with desired volumetrics. RAP fractionation
proved to be very effective. Asphalt binder-grade bumping is vital for HMAs with 30% RAP content and above. |
Issue Date: | 2012-06 |
Series/Report: | FHWA-ICT-12-002 |
Genre: | Technical Report |
Type: | Text |
Language: | English |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/45810 |
ISSN: | 0197-9191 |
Publication Status: | published or submitted for publication |
Peer Reviewed: | not peer reviewed |
Sponsor: | Illinois Department of Transportation ICT R27-37 |
Rights Information: | No restrictions. This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161 |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2013-09-23 |