The research considered urgent ecological reasons linked to environment such as worn tires, the waste tire rubber's powder was collected from the tire cars repair shops (passed from the sieve No 18 μm), and used t...The research considered urgent ecological reasons linked to environment such as worn tires, the waste tire rubber's powder was collected from the tire cars repair shops (passed from the sieve No 18 μm), and used to improve the asphalt concrete properties. Raw materials used were prepared and tested. Varies of asphalt concrete mixtures were prepared with different ratios of bitumen (5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7% % of concrete weight). The Marshall mix design method was used to determine optimum conditions for bitumen in asphalt concrete with specific weight, stability and flow Test, the optimum amount of bitumen was 6.1% of whole asphalt concrete. The different percentages of waste tire rubber powder (0.0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15% of bitumen weight) were added in optimum bitumen of asphalt concretes, then specific weight and Marshall test were evaluated. These asphalt-rubber mixtures were found to act quite differently from traditional, unmodified asphalt mixtures. However, these results indicate that improved pavement performance can be achieved with asphalt-rubber binder.展开更多
文摘The research considered urgent ecological reasons linked to environment such as worn tires, the waste tire rubber's powder was collected from the tire cars repair shops (passed from the sieve No 18 μm), and used to improve the asphalt concrete properties. Raw materials used were prepared and tested. Varies of asphalt concrete mixtures were prepared with different ratios of bitumen (5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7% % of concrete weight). The Marshall mix design method was used to determine optimum conditions for bitumen in asphalt concrete with specific weight, stability and flow Test, the optimum amount of bitumen was 6.1% of whole asphalt concrete. The different percentages of waste tire rubber powder (0.0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15% of bitumen weight) were added in optimum bitumen of asphalt concretes, then specific weight and Marshall test were evaluated. These asphalt-rubber mixtures were found to act quite differently from traditional, unmodified asphalt mixtures. However, these results indicate that improved pavement performance can be achieved with asphalt-rubber binder.