Research Article

Evaluation of the Combined Effects of Long-Term Aging And Moisture Damage on the Performance of Asphalt Mixture Incorporating Warm Mix Additive

Volume: 4 Number: 2 December 31, 2022
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Evaluation of the Combined Effects of Long-Term Aging And Moisture Damage on the Performance of Asphalt Mixture Incorporating Warm Mix Additive

Abstract

Infiltration of moisture into the Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) mixture is one of the primary factors that potentially compromises pavement structural integrity. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a warm mix additive as an antistripping agent in WMA. In this study, to simulate field environmental conditions in the laboratory, asphalt mixture specimens were first exposed to long-term aging and moisture damage (simultaneously). Different aspects of WMA and Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) performance including compactability, workability, tensile and shear strengths were then studied and compared. A 3D image analysis was performed to precisely quantify the percentage of failure contributed by adhesion on the fractured surface of the tested specimens. The test results showed that WMA samples were not only more workable and compactable compared to HMA but also exhibited superior resistance toward moisture damage over HMA even after experiencing severe moisture conditioning. Such trend was also observed based on higher strength and lower adhesion failure of WMA compared to HMA, regardless of test type. The tensile and shear stresses results indicated that utilization of cubical aggregates in asphalt mixtures can improve mixture performance. Moreover, the 3D image analysis results showed that the cubical aggregates utilized to prepare modified WMA exhibited lower adhesion failure which could be correlated to the effectiveness of the WMA additive.

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Thanks

The authors would like to acknowledge the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education for funding this research through the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme FRGS/2/2013/TK07/USM/01/1 which enables this paper to be written.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Civil Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2022

Submission Date

October 30, 2022

Acceptance Date

December 31, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 4 Number: 2

APA
Yee, T. S., Ru, T. S., Hamzah, M. O., Omranian, S. R., & Hainin, M. R. (2022). Evaluation of the Combined Effects of Long-Term Aging And Moisture Damage on the Performance of Asphalt Mixture Incorporating Warm Mix Additive. Journal of Innovations in Civil Engineering and Technology, 4(2), 77-95. https://izlik.org/JA46YS84XG