Preventive pavement maintenance methods such as slurry seals are cost-effective treatments that increase the longevity of pavements. The incorporation of recycled materials such as reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) into asphalt pavement helps to further reduce costs and energy consumption. The present research studied the feasibility of incorporating RAP into slurry seal mixtures or RAP slurry seals. Two slurry seal mixtures containing cement and hydrated lime as fillers were tested. The first mixture comprised slurry seal made with virgin aggregate and the second used RAP as the aggregate. The wet track abrasion test (WTAT) and loaded wheel test (LWT) were conducted to evaluate the performance of the mixtures. Wet cohesion and friction tests (sand patch and British pendulum) were performed on the selected slurry seal mixtures with the best performance under WTAT and LWT. The results show that it is possible to prepare slurry seal containing RAP. Although the curing time relative to the virgin aggregates increased by 1 h for RAP aggregate, the wear value in the WTAT decreased by half. Lateral displacement and the British pendulum test results improved considerably for slurry seals made with RAP aggregates. The results of the sand patch test on WTAT samples showed that slurry seals made with RAP should be lightly rolled after lay-down to improve their friction life. Cost analysis indicates that the use of RAP as an aggregate in slurry seal decreased costs by up to 14%. RAP slurry seal showed better overall performance with lower cost than the virgin slurry seal.
Performance Evaluation of Slurry Seals Containing Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement
Transportation Research Record
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board ; 2673 , 1 ; 358-368
2019-01-01
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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