Journal
CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Volume 24, Issue 5, Pages 824-831Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2009.10.024
Keywords
Interaction effects; CRM; Viscosity; High failure temperature; LMS
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The application of crumb rubber in asphalt mixtures is intended to improve the binder properties by reducing the binder's inherent temperature susceptibility. This research investigated the interaction effects of CRM binders as a function of various blending treatments in the laboratory. For this study. CRM binders were produced using seven blending times (5, 30, 60, 90, 120, 240, and 480 min), three blending temperatures (177, 200, and 223 degrees C), and four rubber contents (5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% by weight of asphalt binder). The results from this study showed that (1) The interaction time and interaction temperature for CRM binders were observed to have significant effect on the binder properties; (2) The longer time and higher temperature for interaction of CRM binders resulted in an increase in the high failure temperature and the viscosity. This is thought to be due to the increase in the rubber mass through binder absorption. However, this study found that the control binder of PG 64-22 had little change of the binder properties as a function of interaction conditions; (3) The CRM percentage influence is statistically significant on the viscosity and G(*)/sin delta values. Also, the asphalt binder with higher CRM percentage showed a higher large molecular size (LMS) value, and the increase in CRM percentage is considered to result in the additional loss of the low molecular weight in the asphalt binder to the CRM. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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