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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING
Volume 17, Issue 4, Pages 353-362Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10298436.2014.993194
Keywords
hot-mix asphalt; rutting; modified asphalt binder; nanoparticles; static creep
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Rutting is considered as one of the major damages in asphalt mixtures. In this study, different types of nanoparticles such as TiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3 and ZnO in different percentages were added to the base asphalt binder in order to decrease the rutting potential of hot-mix asphalt (HMA). In the first step, asphalt binder tests for characteristics such as penetration grade, ductility, softening point and viscosity were performed on the asphalt binder modified by the nanoparticles. Then, after preparing HMA samples, the static creep test was done at two stress levels at a specific temperature. Results of this study showed that using the nanoparticles improved the behavioural properties of the asphalt binder and decreased rutting in asphalt mix samples. Furthermore, scanning electron microscope images taken from the asphalt binder samples modified by the nanoparticles demonstrated that these nanoparticles were properly distributed in the asphalt binder space and had a positive effect on the rutting performance of the asphalt mixes.
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