Laboratory Evaluation Improvement of Asphalt Fatigue by Adding Additive to Asphalt Mix

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1 Dept. of Civil Eng., Faculty of Eng., University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran

2 M.Sc. Grad., D‌ept. of Civil Eng., Faculty of Eng., Non-Profit Institute of Hormozan, Birjand, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Surveying Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran

Abstract

In this study, the effect of polyethylene wax on improving the performance of asphaltic mixtures was investigated through laboratory testing. Experimental samples were taken from asphalt compacting in place containing polymer additives, especially polyethylene waxes. To investigate the role of polyethylene wax in reducing pavement fatigue cracks, samples with dimensions of 20 cm* 5 cm * 5 cm in two conditions without and with the amount of polyethylene wax and constant amount Asphalt ratio of 4.5 in all samples at different temperatures and load frequencies for fatigue were tested. Fatigue test results showed that for all three mixtures arranged with polyethylene wax in all samples, the pavement thickness after the test, for 0.09% wax, it was higher than that of the other asphalt mixtures. That is, the drop in the thickness of the pavement under the fatigue test is minimal, indicating an optimal weight percentage of the polyethylene wax executed in the pavement layer. So that the increase in the percentage of asphalt mixing with polyethylene wax from 0.05 to 0.09 percent, the decrease in the thickness of the pavement under the fatigue test decreases, but from 0.09 to 0.15 percent, the thickness drop increases. Thus, for artillery mixes with 0.09% polyethylene wax, the drop in the thickness of the asphalt pavement layer is less under fatigue testing, that is, the rate of cracking of asphalt armed with 0.09% of the polyethylene wax is minimal.

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