Comparative Study of the Laboratory Performance of Hot Mix Asphalt with 10 Percent Glass Aggregates

A major research project is going on at the Laboratoire des Chaussées et Matériaux Bitumineux (LCMB) of École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) regarding the use of glass aggregates in asphalt mixtures. This paper focuses on the use of glass aggregates in an ESG10 asphalt mixture used as a wearing course. The objective of this study was to select the optimal binder content for a 10 persent glass content asphalt mixture. Overall, a total of four asphalt mixtures were tested, one reference mixture and three mixtures with 10 persent glass and different binder content. For all asphalt mixtures, performance was evaluated using teh following three criteria: 1) compaction ability with teh Superpave gyratory compactor; 2) rutting resistance with teh MLPC rutting tester, and; 3) complex modulus with cyclic traction-compression loading. Experimental test results performed with glass asphalt mixture with lower effective binder content than the LC mix design method criteria showed better performance than the reference mixture with respect to rutting resistance. Moreover, complex modulus test results show that reducing the effective binder content has no negative effect on the mixture behaviour in the small strain domain. Overall, the optimal binder content for an ESG10 with 10 percent glass was found. This mixture will be used in a trial section.

• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Technical Asphalt Association

  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Bachand, AT
  • Lachance-Tremblay, É
  • Vaillancourt, M
  • Perraton, D
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the Sixth-First Annual Conference of the Canadian Technical Asphalt Association (CTAA): Banff, Alberta
• Publication Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp. 179-194.
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Sixth-First Annual Conference of the Canadian Technical Asphalt Association (CTAA): Banff, Alberta

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Bituminous mixtures; Compaction; Conferences; Durability; Evaluation; Flexible pavements; Laboratories; Mix design; Properties of materials; Rutting; Tests; Volumetric analysis
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 4577: Aggregate; 4967: Bituminous mixture; 8018: Canada; 3686: Compaction; 8525: Conference; 5910: Durability; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2944: Flexible pavement; 6237: Laboratory (not an organization); 4714: Mix design; 5925: Properties; 3081: Rutting (wheel); 6255: Test; 7142: Volumetric analysis
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I36: Aggregates;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01647326
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Sep 28 2017 12:25PM