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EVALUATION OF HOT MIX ASPHALT AND BINDER PERFORMANCE MODIFIED WITH HIGH CONTENT OF NANO SILICA FUME

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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Civil Engineering: structural, Geotechnical, reinforced concrete and s…nd sanitary engineering, Hydraulic, Railway, construction Management.

Abstract

This research aims to evaluate the mechanical properties of hot asphalt mixtures prepared using modified asphalt binders with various contents of nano-silica fume (NSF). The modification to virgin bitumen is done by shear mixing with NSF at low contents (2, 4, 6, and 8%) and high contents (20, 30, 40, and 50%) with bitumen weight. The homogeneity of the modified asphalts was assessed using Scanning Electron Microscopy. The rotational viscosity, softening point, and penetration tests were used to evaluate the rheological-physical properties of the modified asphalt binders. The stiffness, moisture damage, rutting, and fatigue of the hot mixes prepared with NSF-modified binders were evaluated using Marshall, indirect tensile strength, and double punching tests. The results showed a significant improvement in the rheological-physical properties of the modified binders with high content compared to low content of NSF. Therefore, the modified binders with 30%, 40%, and 50% of NSF were selected to prepare NSF-modified mixtures. The results showed that asphalt mixtures incorporating 30, 40, and 50% NSF-modified binders were more resistant to moisture damage, rutting, and fatigue cracking compared to the control mixture. The novelty in this research is to produce a modified asphalt mixture with two-thirds a quantity of bitumen while achieving a high performance compared to the control mixture

DOI

10.21608/jesaun.2021.70733.1046

Keywords

Silica Fume, Moisture susceptibility, Double punching, rutting, Fatigue

Authors

First Name

Ali

Last Name

Aboelmagd

MiddleName

Youssef

Affiliation

Department of Civil Engineering, Assiut University, Egypt

Email

ali_yousef@aun.edu.eg

City

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Orcid

0000-0002-6606-5208

First Name

Ghada

Last Name

Moussa

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Department of Civil Engineering, Assiut University, Egypt

Email

ghada.moussa@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

0000-0002-0842-5674

First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Enieb

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Civil Engineering, Assiut University, Egypt

Email

m.enieb@aun.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0001-5509-0849

First Name

Safwan

Last Name

Khedr

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Construction Engineering, American University in Cairo, Egypt

Email

safkhedr@aucegypt.edu

City

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Orcid

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First Name

El-Sayed

Last Name

Abd Alla

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Department of Civil Engineering, Assiut University, Egypt

Email

elsayed.mohamed1@eng.au.edu.eg

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Orcid

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Volume

49

Article Issue

No 4

Related Issue

18890

Issue Date

2021-07-01

Receive Date

2021-04-02

Publish Date

2021-07-01

Page Start

378

Page End

399

Print ISSN

1687-0530

Online ISSN

2356-8550

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https://jesaun.journals.ekb.eg/article_167957.html

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Technical paper

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1,439

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Journal

Publication Title

JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences

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https://jesaun.journals.ekb.eg/

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Created At

23 Jan 2023