Effect of Aggregate Fine Contents on Foamed Bitumen Stabilisation

Increased popularity of foamed bitumen as a stabilising agent in recent years has resulted in a necessity for research into the material properties of foamed bitumen stabilised pavements, and the effects of varied design parameters on these properties. The objective of this project is to assess the...

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Main Authors: Huan, Yue, Jitsangiam, Peerapong, Siripun, Komsun, Nikraz, Hamid
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Format: Conference Paper
Published: International Society for Asphalt Pavements (ISAP) 2012
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Online Access:http://asphalt.org/publications/conference-proceedings
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18299
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author Huan, Yue
Jitsangiam, Peerapong
Siripun, Komsun
Nikraz, Hamid
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Huan, Yue
Jitsangiam, Peerapong
Siripun, Komsun
Nikraz, Hamid
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description Increased popularity of foamed bitumen as a stabilising agent in recent years has resulted in a necessity for research into the material properties of foamed bitumen stabilised pavements, and the effects of varied design parameters on these properties. The objective of this project is to assess the effects of aggregate gradation in foamed bitumen mixes on material properties characteristics and mechanical performance. The focus was given into the fines particle percentage: that is, particles with a nominal diameter of 75µm or less, as it is recognised that this range of particle sizes has a significant effect on binding capabilities of foamed bitumen. The results were obtained by comparing a number of samples of ranging from 0% to 25% fines at 5% increments, and with 0%, 2% and 4% foamed bitumen contents. Comparisons were drawn by testing typical material properties of unconfined compressive strength, indirect tensile strength and indirect tensile resilient modulus. Test results indicated that deficient productions were yielded and nubby bitumen was easily to be observed with a lower amount of fines content. However, the higher fines content was detrimental to the mechanical strength which was mainly relied on the interlock between coarse particles.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-182992017-01-30T12:07:02Z Effect of Aggregate Fine Contents on Foamed Bitumen Stabilisation Huan, Yue Jitsangiam, Peerapong Siripun, Komsun Nikraz, Hamid Not Listed Foamed bitumen Strength Fine contents Increased popularity of foamed bitumen as a stabilising agent in recent years has resulted in a necessity for research into the material properties of foamed bitumen stabilised pavements, and the effects of varied design parameters on these properties. The objective of this project is to assess the effects of aggregate gradation in foamed bitumen mixes on material properties characteristics and mechanical performance. The focus was given into the fines particle percentage: that is, particles with a nominal diameter of 75µm or less, as it is recognised that this range of particle sizes has a significant effect on binding capabilities of foamed bitumen. The results were obtained by comparing a number of samples of ranging from 0% to 25% fines at 5% increments, and with 0%, 2% and 4% foamed bitumen contents. Comparisons were drawn by testing typical material properties of unconfined compressive strength, indirect tensile strength and indirect tensile resilient modulus. Test results indicated that deficient productions were yielded and nubby bitumen was easily to be observed with a lower amount of fines content. However, the higher fines content was detrimental to the mechanical strength which was mainly relied on the interlock between coarse particles. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18299 http://asphalt.org/publications/conference-proceedings International Society for Asphalt Pavements (ISAP) fulltext
spellingShingle Foamed bitumen
Strength
Fine contents
Huan, Yue
Jitsangiam, Peerapong
Siripun, Komsun
Nikraz, Hamid
Effect of Aggregate Fine Contents on Foamed Bitumen Stabilisation
title Effect of Aggregate Fine Contents on Foamed Bitumen Stabilisation
title_full Effect of Aggregate Fine Contents on Foamed Bitumen Stabilisation
title_fullStr Effect of Aggregate Fine Contents on Foamed Bitumen Stabilisation
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Aggregate Fine Contents on Foamed Bitumen Stabilisation
title_short Effect of Aggregate Fine Contents on Foamed Bitumen Stabilisation
title_sort effect of aggregate fine contents on foamed bitumen stabilisation
topic Foamed bitumen
Strength
Fine contents
url http://asphalt.org/publications/conference-proceedings
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18299