Oxidative Aging of Asphalt Binders in Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures
This study evaluated the effect of different aggregate sources along with their corresponding change in mixture characteristics to determine the influence of both on binder oxidation rates and changes in mixture stiffness when compacted mixtures were exposed to laboratory aging conditions. The two aggregate sources, Colorado and Nevada, had different gradations and different water absorption rates, which led to differences in the calculated asphalt binder apparent film thicknesses (AFT) for each mixture. Two asphalt binders, an unmodified PG 64-22 and a styrene–butadiene–styrene–modified PG 64-28, were used. The overall findings of the study indicated that both the aggregate and mixture characteristics influenced the oxidation rates of the binder, with the two binders oxidizing by similar amounts when aged in mixtures with the same characteristics (AFT and mixture air voids). The oxidation changes in the binder had differing effects on the stiffness of the mixture as a function of age. Not only were the aggregate and mixture characteristics important to the mixture stiffness and aging relationship, but the binder characteristics themselves, in particular polymer modification, influenced the aging and stiffness relationships of mixtures with age.
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Authors:
- Morian, Nathan
- Hajj, Elie Y
- Glover, Charles J
- Sebaaly, Peter E
- Publication Date: 2011
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 107-116
- Monograph Title: Asphalt Materials and Mixtures 2011, Volume 1
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
- Issue Number: 2207
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aggregate gradation; Aggregates; Aging (Materials); Air voids; Asphalt mixtures; Bituminous binders; Hot mix asphalt; Oxidation; Stiffness; Styrene butadiene styrene; Thickness
- Geographic Terms: Colorado; Nevada
- Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; Pavements; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials; I36: Aggregates;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01336713
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780309167437
- Report/Paper Numbers: 11-3510
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Apr 18 2011 12:24PM