Investigation of the Performance of Hot Mix Asphalt Enhanced with Calcined Marl Dust Used as Fillers

Understanding the Effects of Plastic Fines as a Bitumen Modifier on the Performance Properties of Hot Mix Asphalt

“…rut, fatigue cracking, and surface loss, hence decreasing pavement life [7,8]. Moisture susceptibility, which is associated with the presence of moisture in the pavement, affects asphalt mixture strength and accelerates several modes of failure such as ru ing, raveling, stripping, bleeding, and cracking in asphalt pavement [9], which, in turn, escalate maintenance costs [8,10,11]. Strategies to improve this failure mode, involve the incorporation of modifiers into the asphalt binders [12][13][14][15].…”

“…It is an incremental permanent strain or plastic deformation that is generated in poorly designed and constructed flexible pavement during repetitive traffic loading [4][5][6]. It is followed subsequently by conspicuous upheaval along the sides of the rut, fatigue cracking, and surface loss, hence decreasing pavement life [7,8] susceptibility, which is associated with the presence of moisture in the pavement, affects asphalt mixture strength and accelerates several modes of failure such as rutting, raveling, stripping, bleeding, and cracking in asphalt pavement [9], which, in turn, escalate maintenance costs [8,10,11]. Strategies to improve this failure mode, involve the incorporation of modifiers into the asphalt binders [12][13][14][15].…”