Experimental investigation of blending phenomena in intergranular zones of recycled asphalt mixtures using customized infrared imaging and stage extraction methods

Vassaux, Sabine; Gaudefroy, Vincent; Boulangé, L.; Pévère, A.; Barragan‐Montero, Véronique; Mouillet, Virginie

doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.04.045

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“…With the aid of X-ray CT (computed tomography), Hassan et al [8] successfully characterized the air void distribution. Vassaux et al [9,10] defined the homogeneity of recycled asphalt mixtures considering the distribution of carbonyl functions and accordingly proposed a recycled mix model using infrared imaging microscope. Another interesting exploration was conducted by Castorena and his co-workers [11], where TiO2 particles (0.15 μm) were used as a tracer of the new bitumen and the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy spectroscopy (EDS) were utilized to feature miscible map between new bitumen and aged bitumen.…”

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Identifying the mixing-induced homogeneity characteristics of asphalt mixtures containing reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) materials

Qiu

Yan

et al. 2023

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The homogeneity of asphalt mixtures accounts for the pavement long-term durability, particularly for the recycled asphalt mixtures that includes reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) materials. Therefore, this study examined the mixing-induced homogeneity characteristics of recycled asphalt mixtures containing 40% RAP dosages. In specific, five mixing times and two ageing degrees of RAP binder were considered. The titanium dioxide powder was incorporated into RAP binders as an identification tracer. After the specimen preparation, the Computed Tomography (CT) technology was implemented to obtain the digital images of the specimen. In what follows, components of asphalt mixtures were separately identified. Accordingly, two homogeneity indexes were proposed to estimate the homogeneity of recycled asphalt mixtures. The results indicated that the distribution of the coarse aggregate contributed most to the specimen homogeneity, followed by the bitumen mastics and the air void. The extension of mixing time, to some extent, benefited the homogeneity degree of recycled asphalt mixtures. However, the newly formed clusters that occurred in the mixing process should be concerned and eliminated. For a cylinder specimen, the middle part of the specimen was more homogeneous than marginal positions.

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