Case Study on the Effect of Recycled Asphalt Layer Parameters on the Bearing Capacity of the Pavement

2020
Atis Zariņš

Numerous ways to use recycled asphalt (RA) in the road base course will provide both environmental and economic benefits, allowing to recycle and utilise this initially waste material in road or pavement reconstruction projects. However, the properties and parameters of RA necessary for the application of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in a new pavement structure in most cases are not detectable in the design stage, which complicates design and construction process. The purpose of this paper is to study possibilities for evaluating the performance and parameters of RA, as well as to review the possibilities, methods and applications for RA testing. Data for this case study were obtained from recently completed road structures in the form of FWD measurements, together with lab explored parameters of drilled pavement cores. Based on that data, the relationships between the main pavement structural parameters, such as modulus on the surface of the pavement, compressive strength of RA core segment, thickness of bound layers and back calculated modulus were examined. On the way to exploring different analytical approaches, two approximation models were developed and compared, using the obtained data: by directly approximating the obtained data and after processing them with artificial neural network (ANN).

Atslēgas vārdi
artificial neural network (ANN); base damage index (BDI); compressive strength; FWD; pavement testing; reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP); recycled asphalt; resilient modulus
DOI
10.7250/bjrbe.2020-15.506
Hipersaite
https://bjrbe-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/bjrbe.2020-15.506

Zariņš, A. Case Study on the Effect of Recycled Asphalt Layer Parameters on the Bearing Capacity of the Pavement. The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2020, Vol. 15, No. 5, 45.-58. lpp. ISSN 1822-427X. e-ISSN 1822-4288. Pieejams: doi:10.7250/bjrbe.2020-15.506

Publikācijas valoda
English (en)