Laboratory Evaluation of the Properties of Dense Graded Asphalt Mixtures Containing Waste Glass Fibre and Crumb Rubber

Rolands Izaks; Liga Gebauere; Romans Kornisovs; Viktors Haritonovs

doi:10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.564

Laboratory Evaluation of the Properties of Dense Graded Asphalt Mixtures Containing Waste Glass Fibre and Crumb Rubber

Authors

Rolands Izaks Department of Roads and Bridges, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia Vianova Ltd., Riga, Latvia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9456-6993
Liga Gebauere Vianova Ltd., Riga, Latvia
Romans Kornisovs Department of Roads and Bridges, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia
Viktors Haritonovs Department of Roads and Bridges, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3119-2677

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7250/bjrbe.2022-17.564

Keywords:

asphalt mix, asphalt production, crumb rubber, dry process, fibre glass reinforcement, HMAC, RAP

Abstract

Due to environmental issues and rising costs of construction materials, there is an increasing desire to use reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) material in road construction. However, using too much of this material may lead to impairment of fundamental properties of asphalt mix. Glass fibre material is a well-known modifier and could be used to compensate possible downgrade of properties. Research articles and theoretical material have shown that adding too much fibre glass reinforcement could cause damage to asphalt mixture. Therefore, in this research, reference mixture has been compared to three projected AC 11 surface mixtures with different amount of fibre glass. The same has been done to HMAC mixtures, but in this case, there is crumb rubber used as mixture modifier. Experimental part has shown that using fibre glass in asphalt mixtures for both construction layers may have positive influence on fundamental parameters of HMAC and AC asphalt mixes, which can be a good solvation for using waste glass fibre in road construction.

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