Evaluation of the effect of bio-oil on the high-temperature performance of rubber modified asphalt

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-10-2018

Department

Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering

Abstract

The reuse of waste tire and biomass is important to environmental protection. The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of bio-oil on the high-temperature performance of crumb rubber modified asphalt. Two types of crumb rubber powder produced from waste tire, 80-mesh and 20-mesh, were used to prepare the crumb rubber modified asphalt. Four weight ratios of bio-oil to rubber asphalt, 0%, 5%, 10%, and 15%, were chosen to prepare the composite modified asphalt binder in this study. Temperature sweep test and multiple stress creep recovery (MSCR) test were conducted to evaluate the high-temperature of the composite modified asphalt. The results showed that the viscosities of asphalts modified by 20-mesh crumb rubber were greater than that modified by 80-mesh ones. With the addition of bio-oil into crumb rubber asphalt, the viscosities of the composite modified asphalts first increased then decreased. Bio-oil can enhance the high-temperature performance of crumb rubber modified asphalt due to the physical and chemical interactions in a heated asphalt. The short-term aging process may improve the degree of blending between crumb rubber and bio-oil in the heated asphalt dispersion system and enhance the elastic property of crumb rubber modified asphalt.

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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.10.064

Publication Title

Construction and Building Materials

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