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Functional characterization of a Cold-In place-Recycled pavement at different stages of the curing process

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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 789, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148065

Keywords

Bituminous mixture; Cold-In place-Recycling; Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement; Dynamic stiffness; Texture spectra; Tire; pavement noise

Funding

  1. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
  2. European Regional Development Funds (FEDER)
  3. AEI/FEDER, UE within the framework of the National Plan for Scientific Research [TRA2016-77418-R]
  4. Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha (European Regional Development Funds - FEDER) [SBPLY/19/180501/000313]

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Cold-In place-Recycled (CIR) pavements are an environmentally friendly option for road rehabilitation on aged pavements, with new additives and enhancements allowing them to be used in different ways. Research on the functional characteristics of CIR pavements is important for evaluating their performance and expanding their application as a noise mitigation measure.
Cold-In place-Recycled (CIR) pavements are an environmentally friendly option for road rehabilitation opera-tions on aged pavements. These pavements are generally employed as base layers, and a surface treatment is performed on them. However, the design of new additives and enhancements in the technique for constructing CIR pavements have enabled such pavements to be used as wearing courses in some cases. In this context, research on the functional characteristics of CIR pavements is required for characterizing their performance and, therefore, broaden their knowledge and use as a noise mitigation measure. The aim of this study is to analyze some of these functional characteristics: tire/pavement sound levels, texture, and dynamic stiffness. An experi-mental test track section was evaluated during the pavement curing process (very short term) by means of laboratory and field auscultation. Different measurement campaigns were conducted at different stages of the pavement curing process. According to our results, the changes in the pavement during curing lead to higher tire/pavement sound levels due to the evolution of the dynamic stiffness of the pavement. The increase in tire/ pavement noise levels is mainly located at the peak frequencies (800-1250 Hz) of the sound spectra, with values from 76.2 dB(A) to 81.5 dB(A) at 800 Hz. The differences among the mean values of the macrotexture (Mean Profile Depth - MPD) do not explain the different overall tire/pavement noise levels measured at the different stages of curing. However, the texture spectrum undergoes an evolution. The initial texture levels, with wave-lengths between 100 mm and 500 mm decrease during the curing process. (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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