Acta Montanistica Slovaca (Apr 2007)
Rheological properties of cold recycled mixtures
Abstract
The paper presents some of the results of research focused on cold recycled mixtures properties. Within the study, eight mixtures with a different amount of reclaimed asphalt, bitumen emulsion and cement were evaluated. The results of static creep, complex modulus and fatigue conducted on trapezoidal specimens are discussed in the paper. The static creep modulus and the complex modulus were investigated at temperatures 27 ºC, 11 ºC and 0 ºC. These temperatures represent temperatures of asphalt layer with a thickness in the range from 20 to 25 cm for summer, spring/ autumn and winter in Slovakia. In addition fatigue was investigated at the temperature of 27 ºC. It was found that the binder combination plays an important role in rheological performance of cold recycled mixtures. However, at different contents of reclaimed asphalt, the effect of bitumen emulsion was different. This can be observable particularly when analyzing the results of the fatigue test. The mixtures with a higher amount of cement were better in terms of the fatigue life. The investigated mixtures in general were little sensitive to the change of loading frequency which simulates the traffic speed.
