USE OF DOMESTIC WASTE GLASS AS AGGREGATE IN BITUMINOUS CONCRETE

THE INCREASING AMOUNTS OF WASTE GLASS BEING GENERATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARE NECESSITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW METHODS FOR DISPOSAL OF THIS REFUSE COMPONENT. THE USE OF WASTE GLASS AS AN AGGREGATE IN BITUMINOUS CONCRETE WAS INVESTIGATED IN THIS STUDY. THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO DETERMINE WHETHER A MIXTURE USING GLASS AGGREGATE COULD BE DESIGNED THAT WOULD MEET MARSHALL TEST DESIGN CRITERIA, TO INVESTIGATE THE AMOUNT OF DEGRADATION OCCURRING IN THESE MIXTURES, AND TO DETERMINE THE WATER-RESISTANCE OF SUCH MIXTURES. WASTE GLASS WAS CRUSHED AND SCREENED INTO SEVERAL SIZE FRACTIONS, WHICH WERE THEN COMBINED TO GIVE A MAXIMUM DENSITY GRADATION. STANDARD MARSHALL DESIGN METHODS WERE USED TO DETERMINE STABILITY, FLOW, AND VOID PARAMETERS AT SEVERAL ASPHALT CONTENTS, AND TO DETERMINE AN OPTIMUM ASPHALT CONTENT SATISFYING MARSHALL DESIGN CRITERIA EXTRACTION TESTS WERE CONDUCTED ON SOME OF THE SPECIMENS TESTED, AND MECHANICAL ANALYSES OF THE RECOVERED AGGREGATE WERE USED TO ASSESS THE AMOUNT OF DEGRADATION OF THE AGGREGATE. STATIC STRIPPING TESTS WERE CONDUCTED ON SEVERAL COMBINATIONS OF GLASS AGGREGATES AND BITUMINOUS MSTERIALS. BITUMINOUS MIXTURES SATISFYING MARSHALL DESIGN CRITERIA CAN BE DESIGNED USING AGGREGATES COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF CRUSHED GLASS. SOME DEGRADATION OF THE GLASS AGGREGATE DOES OCCUR UNDER LABORATORY MIXING, COMPACTING, AND TESTING CONDITIONS, WITH GREATER DEGRADATION APPEARING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH GRADATIONS DEVIATING FROM THOSE GIVING MAXIMUM DENSITY. SEVERE STRIPPING OCCURS WHEN THE GLASS-AGGREGATE BITUMINOUS CONCRETE WITH NO ANTISTRIPPING AGENT IS EXPOSED TO WATER. GLASS AGGREGATES COATED WITH ASPHALT CEMENTS CONTAINING ANTISTRIPPING AGENTS OR COATED WITH CATIONIC EMULSIONS DO NOT STRIP IN THE STATIC STRIPPING TEST. /AUTHOR/

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  • Authors:
    • Malisch, Ward R
    • Day, Delbert E
    • Wixson, Bobby G
  • Discussers:
    • Anderson, K O
  • Publication Date: 1970

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  • Media Type: Print
  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: pp 1-10
  • Monograph Title: Synthetic aggregates and granular materials
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  • Accession Number: 00211540
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS, TRB
  • Created Date: Sep 21 1970 12:00AM