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AsphaltMixtures-Applications,TheoryandPrinciples

1.Applications

Asphaltmaterialsfindwideusageintheconstructionindustry.Theuseofasphaltasacementingagentinpavementsisthemostcommonofitsapplications,however,andtheonethatwillbeconsideredhere.

Asphaltproductsareusedtoproduceflexiblepavementsforhighwaysandairports.Theterm“flexible”isusedtodistinguishthesepavementsfromthosemadewithPortlandcement,whichareclassifiedasrigidpavements,thatis,havingbeamstrength.Thisdistinctionisimportantbecauseitprovidestheykeytothedesignapproachwhichmustbeusedforsuccessfulflexiblepavementstructures.

Theflexiblepavementclassificationmaybefurtherbrokendownintohighandlowtypes,thetypeusuallydependingonwhetherasolidorliquidasphaltproductisused.Thelowtypesofpavementaremadewiththecutback,oremulsion,liquidproductsandareverywidelyusedthroughoutthiscountry.Descriptiveterminologyhasbeendevelopedinvarioussectionsofthecountrytotheextentthatonepavementtypemayhaveseveralnames.However,thegeneralprocessfollowedinconstructionissimilarformostlow-typepavementsandcanbedescribedasoneinwhichtheaggregateandtheasphaltproductareusuallyappliedtotheroadbedseparatelyandtheremixedorallowedtomix,formingthepavement.

Thehightypeofasphaltpavementsismadewithasphaltcementsofsomeselectedpenetrationgrade.

Fig.·1Amodernasphaltconcretehighway.Shoulderstripingisusedasasafelyfeature.

Fig.·2AsphaltconcreteattheSanFranciscoInternationalAirport.

Theyareusedwhenhighwheelloadsandhighvolumesoftrafficoccurandare,therefore,oftendesignedforaparticularinstallation.

2.Theoryofasphaltconcretemixdesign

Hightypesofflexiblepavementareconstructedbycombininganasphaltcement,ofteninthepenetrationgradeof85to100,withaggregatesthatareusuallydividedintothreegroups,basedonsize.Thethreegroupsarecoarseaggregates,fineaggregates,andmineralfiller.Thesewillbediscussedindetailinlaterchapter.

Eachoftheconstituentpartsmentionedhasaparticularfunctionintheasphaltmixture,andmixproportioningordesignistheprocessofensuringthatnofunctionisneglected.Beforetheseindividualfunctionsareexamined,however,thecriteriaforpavementsuccessandfailureshouldbeconsideredsothatdesignobjectivescanbeestablished.

Asuccessfulflexiblepavementmusthaveseveralparticularproperties.First,itmustbestable,thatistoresistanttopermanentdisplacementunderload.Deformationofanasphaltpavementcanoccurinthreeways,twounsatisfactoryandonedesirable.Plasticdeformationofapavementfailureandwhichistobeavoidedifpossible.Compressivedeformationofthepavementresultsinadimensionalchangeinthepavement,andwiththischangecomealossofresiliencyandusuallyadegreeofroughness.Thisdeformationislessseriousthantheonejustdescribed,butit,too,leadstopavementfailure.Thedesirabletypeofdeformationisanelasticone,whichactuallyisbeneficialtoflexiblepavementsandisnecessarytotheirlonglife.

Thepavementshouldbedurableandshouldofferprotectiontothesubgrade.Asphaltcementisnotimpervioustotheeffectsofweathering,andsothedesignmustminimizeweathersusceptibility.Adurablepavementthatdoesnotcrackorravelwillprobablyalsoprotecttheroadbed.Itmustberememberedthatflexiblepavementstransmitloadstothesubgradewithoutsignificantbridgingaction,andsoadryfirmbaseisabsolutelyessential.

Rapidlymovingvehiclesdependonthetire-pavementfrictionfactorforcontrolandsafety.Thetextureofthepavementsurfacesmustbesuchthatanadequateskidresistanceisdevelopedorunsafeconditionsresult.Thedesignprocedureshouldbeusedtoselecttheasphaltmaterialandaggregatescombinationwhichprovidesaskidresistantroadway.

Designprocedureswhichyieldpavingmixturesembodyingallthesepropertiesarenotavailable.Soundpavementsareconstructedwherematerialsandmethodsareselectedbyusingtime-testedtestsandspecificationsandengineeringjudgmentsalongwithaso-calleddesignmethod.

Thefinalrequirementforanypavementisoneofeconomy.Economy,again,cannotbemeasureddirectly,sincetrueeconomyonlybeginswithconstructioncostandisnotfullydeterminableuntilthefullusefullifeofthepavementhasbeenrecorded.If,however,therequirementsforastable,durable,andsafepavementaremetwithareasonablesafetyfactor,thenthebestinterestsofeconomyhaveprobablybeenservedaswell.

Withtheserequirementsinmind,thefunctionsoftheconstituentpartscanbeexaminedwithconsiderationgivetohoweachpartcontributestonow-establishedobjectivesorrequirements.Thefunctionsoftheaggregatesistocarrytheloadimposedonthepavement,andthisisaccomplishedbyfrictionalresistanceandinterlockingbetweentheindividualpiecesofaggregates.Thecarryingcapacityoftheasphaltpavementis,then,relatedtothesurfacetexture（particularlythatofthefineaggregate）andthedensity,or“compactness,”,oftheaggregates.Surfacetexturevarieswithdifferentaggregates,andwhilearoughsurfacetextureisdesired,thismaynotbeavailableinsomelocalities.Densemixturesareobtainedbyusingaggregatesthatareeithernaturallyorartificially“wellgraded”.Thismeansthatthefineaggregateservestofillthevoidsinthecoarseraggregates.Inadditiontoaffectingdensityandthereforestrengthcharacteristics,thegradingalsoinfluencesworkability.Whenanexcessofcoarseaggregateisused,themixbecomesharshandhardtowork.Whenanexcessofmineralfillerisused,themixesbecomegummyanddifficulttomanage.

Theasphaltcementintheflexiblepavementisusedtobindtheaggregateparticlestogetherandtowaterproofthepavements.Obtainingtheproperasphaltcontentisextremelyimportantandbearsasignificantinfluenceonalltheitemsmarkingasuccessfulpavement.Achiefobjectiveofallthedesignmethodswhichhavebeendevelopedistoarriveatthebestasphaltcontentforaparticularcombinationofaggregates.

3.Mixdesignprinciples

Certainfundamentalprinciplesunderliethedesignproceduresthathavebeendeveloped.Beforetheseprocedurescanbeproperlystudiedorapplied,someconsiderationoftheseprinciplesisnecessary.

Asphaltpavementsarecomposedofaggregates,asphaltcement,andvoids.Consideringtheaggregatealone,allthespacebetweenparticlesisvoidspace.Thevolumeofaggregatevoidsdependsongradingandcanvarywidely.Whentheasphaltcementisadded,aportionoftheseaggregatevoidsisfilledandafinalair-voidvolumeisretained.Theretentionofthisair-voidvolumeisveryimportanttothecharacteristicsofthemixture.Thetermair-voidvolumeisused,sincethesevoidsareweightlessandareusuallyexpressedasapercentageofthetotalvolumeofthecompactedmixture.

Anasphaltpavementcarriestheappliedloadbyparticlefrictionandinterlock.Iftheparticlesarepushedapartforanyreason,thenthepavementstabilityisdestroyed.Thisfactorindicatesthatcertainlynomoreasphaltshouldbeaddedthantheaggregatevoidscanreadilyhold.However,asphaltcementissusceptibletovolumechangeandthepavementissubjecttofurthercompactionunderuse.Ifthepavementhasnoairvoidswhenplaced,orifitlosesthemundertraffic,thentheexpandingasphaltwilloverflowinaconditionknownasbleeding.Thelossofasphaltcementthroughbleedingweakensthepavementandalsoreducessurfacefriction,makingtheroadwayhazardous.

Fig.·3Crosssectionofanasphaltconcretepavementshowingtheaggregateframeworkboundtogetherbyasphaltcement.

Theneedforaminimumair-voidvolume（usually2or3percent）hasbeenestablished.Inaddition,amaximumair-voidvolumeof5to7percentshouldnotbeexceed.Anexcessofairvoidspromotesravelingofthepavementandalsopermitswatertoenterandspeedupthedeterioratingprocesses.Also,inthepresenceofexcessairtheasphaltcementhardensandageswithanaccompanyinglossofdurabilityandresiliency.

Theair-voidvolumeofthemixisdeterminedbythedegreeofcompactionaswellasbytheasphaltcontent.Foragivenasphaltcontent,alightlycompactedmixwillhavealargevoidsvolumeandalowerdensityandagreaterstrengthwillresult.Inthelaboratory,thecompactioniscontrolledbyusingaspecifiedhammerandregulatingthenumberofblowsandtheenergyperblow.Inthefield,thecompactionandtheairvoidsaremoredifficulttocontrolandtestsmustbemadenospecimenstakenfromthecompactedpavementtocheekonthedegreeofcompactionbeingobtained.Trafficfurthercompactthepavement,andallowancemustbemadeforthisinthedesign.Asystematiccheckingofthepavementoveranextendedperiodisneededtogivenfactualinformationforaparticularmix.Achangeindensityofseveralpercentisnotunusual,however.

Asphaltcontenthasbeendiscussedinconnectionwithvariousfacetsoftheixdesignproblem.Itisaveryimportantfactorinthemixdesignandhasabearinganallthecharacteristicsldasuccessfulpavement:

stability,skidresistance,durability,andeconomy.Ashasbeenmentioned,thevariousdesignproceduresareintendedtoprovideameansforselectingtheasphaltcontent.Thesetestswillbeconsideredindetailinafuturechapter,buttherelationshipbetweenasphaltcontentandthemeasurablepropertiesofstability,unitweight,andairvoidswillbediscussedhere.

Fig.4Variationsinstability,unitwe