Although repeated traffic loading causes damage to accumulate in asphalt pavements, the damage heals during rest periods (time between traffic loadings). Consequently, this healing enhances the fatigue life of the pavement. A method was developed to determine the healing rate of asphalt mixtures in terms of recovered dissipated creep strain energy (DCSE) per unit time. The healing properties of four different asphalt mixtures were evaluated with this approach. The test procedure consists of a repeated loading test and periodic resilient modulus tests. A normalized healing rate in terms of DCSE/DCSEapplied was defined to evaluate the healing properties independent of the amount of damage incurred in the mixture. From the test results, it was determined that the healing rates of the asphalt mixtures tested increased dramatically above 10°C and were more affected by the aggregate structural characteristics (i.e., aggregate interlock, film thickness, voids in mineral aggregate) of the mixtures than by polymer modification. Although styrene-butadiene-styrene polymer modification reduced the rate of damage accumulation, it had no effect on the healing rate of the mixtures tested.


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    Title :

    Evaluation of Healing Property of Asphalt Mixtures


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2006-01-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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