چكيده به لاتين
Bitumen extracted from reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) materials is known as reclaimed asphalt binder (RAB). The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of different modifiers such as rejuvenator, softer bitumen and polymer modified bitumen (PMB) in performance of RAB-containing asphalt binders. In this study, changes in physical-rheological parameters and chemical structure of RAB-containing binder mixes were investigated by different modifiers including softer bitumen, rejuvenator and the waste polymer modified bitumen (WPMB). Penetration, softening point, rotational viscosity, dynamic shear rheometer (DSR), linear amplitude sweep (LAS), time sweep, saturates, aromatics, resin and asphaltenes (SARA) fractionation, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM) tests were performed for this purpose. Results showed that the rejuvenator and softer bitumen had the greatest effect on the improvement of the physical-rheological and chemical properties of the RAB-containing binder mixes, respectively. So that, the rejuvenator, softer bitumen and the WPMB improved fatigue resistance and chemical structure of the RAB-containing binder mixes to the level of that of the virgin binder when the RAB content was limited to 100% , 50% and 30% RAB, respectively. Moreover, results indicated that there are good correlations between chemical and physical-rheological parameters. Meanwhile, colloidal index and asphaltene index of the binder mixes was a good indicator for estimating the fatigue parameters of asphalt binders. In this research study, the fatigue resistance, moisture susceptibility and rutting resistance of the asphalt mixture were evaluated. The four-point beam fatigue test, resilient modulus test, indirect tensile strength test and dynamic creep test were utilized for this purpose. Result showed that the rejuvenator, softer bitumen and the WPMB improved fatigue resistance of the RAP-containing asphalt mixtures to the level of that of the control mixtures when the RAP content was limited to 100% , 50% and 30% RAP, respectively.
Keywords: RAB, SARA, FTIR, AFM, LAS, time sweep, chemical structure, rheological parameters