This study investigated the effects of the addition of a carboxylated styrene-butadiene emulsion (CSBE) and Portland cement on the long-term performance of road base. The specimens stabilised with Portland cement (0-6%) and CSBE (5-10%) were subjected to different stress sequences in order to study the unconfined compressive strength, flexural strength (FS), soaked and unsoaked California bearing ratio, dynamic creep and wheel-tracking characteristics of seven-day-cured specimens. The FS tests showed that the addition of a 4% Portland cement-7% CSBE mixture resulted in improvements of 48.9% of modulus of rupture as compared to the sample with 4% cement. The permanent strain behaviour of the samples was assessed by the Zhou three-stage creep model. The results of dynamic creep and wheel-tracking tests showed that the permanent deformation characteristics were considerably improved by the addition of a 4% Portland cement-7% CSBE mixture, which resulted in reduction of permanent strain of the mixture. Therefore, this research presents a new polymer additive with outstanding engineering properties for use in road bases.


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    Title :

    Application of carboxylated styrene-butadiene emulsion-Portland cement mixture as road base material




    Publication date :

    2017




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    56.24 / 56.24 Straßenbau