Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 117-121). Also available via the Internet.

Asphalt cement content is one of the most important requirements for producing high quality hot-mix asphalt. The determination of the asphalt cement content of hot-mix asphalt by traditional methods is time consuming and hazardous. A demand for faster and safer methodes) led to the development of a nondestructive technique using nuclear technology. Measuring asphalt cement content of Marshall specimens by nuclear gauges is a new technique; this study evaluates the feasibility of using the nuclear gauges. Two hundred fifty-six specimens were prepared for this purpose. The study evaluated the effect of different parameters on the measured asphalt cement content by 3241-C Troxler nuclear asphalt content gauge. The following parameters were considered: aggregate type, aggregate gradation, air-void content, moisture content in specimens, asphalt cement content, and total specimen weight. Different calibration models were developed for different bituminous mixtures. / Master of Science

This thesis discusses and documents findings from an investigation of performance-based testing of asphalt cement (AC), warm mixed asphalt cement, asphalt rubber (AR), and warm asphalt rubber. A number of control, warm, and asphalt rubber binders from Ontario construction contracts were investigated for their compliance with conventional Superpave® test methods such as rolling thin film (RTFO), pressure aging vessel (PAV), dynamic shear rheometer (DSR), and bending beam rheometer (BBR), as well as additional specification tests such as extended BBR and double edge notched tension test. The quality and durability of those binders were determined. Quality means the ability of asphalt binder to reach a set of specific properties whereas durability is the measure of how well asphalt retains its original characteristics when exposed to normal weathering and aging process. One warm AC and two field-blended asphalt rubber samples showed high levels of physical hardening which can lead to premature and early cracking. The warm asphalt cement lost 8 °C when stored isothermally for three days at low temperatures according to Ontario’s extended bending beam rheometer (BBR) protocol (LS-308). The two asphalt rubber samples lost 10 °C and 12 °C following the same conditioning. Many of the studied asphalt samples showed deficient strain tolerance as measured in Ontario’s double-edge-notched tension (DENT) test (LS-299). In a study of warm rubberized asphalt cement with improved properties, a number of compositions were prepared with soft Cold Lake AC and a small quantity of naphthenic oil. These binders showed little chemical and physical hardening and reasonable critical crack tip opening displacements (CTOD). Strain tolerance was much improved by co-blending with a high vinyl type styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) polymer and a small amount of sulfur. / Thesis (Master, Chemistry) -- Queen's University, 2013-04-24 22:54:20.07

Existing specifications for asphalt cement employ insufficient aging and conditioning times prior to testing and low strains during the actual test which are insufficient to predict asphalt performance, especially if the materials are modified with additives such as those used for warm mix technology. However, slightly modified protocols, like increasing the conditioning time in the bending beam rheometer (BBR) test and increasing the aging duration in the pressure aging vessel (PAV), predict asphalt performance better than the current Superpave™ specification. These improved protocols are published as new test standards through the collaborative effort between the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Queen’s University. In this study, the effects of warm mix and other additives on rheological, aging and failure properties are investigated. The properties are measured by regular tests and by modified protocols. The latter include the extended BBR test (LS-308) and the double-edge-notched tension (DENT) test (LS-299). Changes in ductile strain tolerance within base asphalts due to the various additives as measured with the DENT test were found to be very significant. The DENT results like essential work of fracture, we, plastic work of fracture term, βwp, and critical crack tip opening displacement, CTOD, are usually helped to correlate with the cracking distress survey results of the pavement in service. The addition of amide and polyethylene waxes risks increasing the cracking susceptibility in the pavement. They show a negative effect on strain tolerance in the ductile state, which is likely to show up as premature and/or excessive cracking in service which is similar to their physical hardening behavior from low temperature grading and extended BBR testing. / Thesis (Master, Chemistry) -- Queen's University, 2013-02-26 11:10:41.08

Thermal and fatigue cracking are pavement distresses that deteriorate asphalt pavements in Canada. However, the current AASHTO M320 standard specification protocol does not give satisfactory correlation between the properties measured in the laboratory to thermal and fatigue cracking performance of the asphalt in service. This thesis is aimed at validating the newly developed MTO LS-299 and LS-308 specification test methods for predicting pavement distress. A secondary objective is to determine how well laboratory-aged and field-aged binders correlate with each other in terms of their chemical and physical properties. Chemical testing using infrared (IR) spectroscopy and X-ray fluorescence (XRF), as well as physical and mechanical testing using the regular bending beam rheometer (BBR), extended BBR (eBBR), dynamic shear rheometer (DSR), and double edge notched tension (DENT) tests were performed on laboratory-aged and recovered binders from Highway 417. Asphalt cements with significant amounts of waste engine oil residues as determined by XRF data were found to have cracked severely due to their high tendency for chemical aging. Western Canadian binders modified with styrene-butadiene-styrene polymer showed low affinity for both chemical and physical aging as determined from their carbonyl indices. Asphalt binders with smaller paraffinic structures exhibited insignificant pavement deterioration while the opposite occurred to those with low aromatic indices according to their IR data. The DSR data show that chemical aging occurs much faster in the laboratory-aged binders than the field-aged binders. The DENT test is able to separate superior performing binders from inferior ones with 86% accuracy according to their CTOD data. The regular BBR gave poor correlation between the laboratory test methods and the performance of the pavements. Good correlation exists between the laboratory test methods and the performance of the pavements in service according to the eBBR data. Pavements without any cracks showed lower grade losses, while pavements with severe thermal cracking recorded higher grade losses after three days of conditioning prior to testing. The study has shown that the eBBR and DENT tests are better tools for predicting pavement performance and provide good specification tests for the control of thermal and fatigue cracking in modern pavements. / Thesis (Master, Chemistry) -- Queen's University, 2012-02-28 13:16:02.222

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Neste trabalho, um derivado fenÃlico extraÃdo do lÃquido da casca da castanha de caju (LCC), fonte natural e renovÃvel, foi utilizado como aditivo modificador de cimento asfÃltico de petrÃleo (CAP). FraÃÃes extraÃdas por diferentes mÃtodos (I, II e III) foram analisadas por cromatografia lÃquida de alta eficiÃncia (HPLC) e por espectroscopia no infravermelho, tendo sido identificadas como cardanol. Os CAP modificados por cardanol (I) foram comparados ao CAP modificado por LCC e estireno-butadieno-estireno (SBS), sendo avaliadas suas propriedades reolÃgicas antes e apÃs envelhecimento simulado. O LCC e o cardanol (I) atuaram de forma semelhante, aumentando os valores de penetraÃÃo e reduzindo o ponto de amolecimento, a viscosidade, a temperatura de usinagem e compactaÃÃo (TUC), e a susceptibilidade tÃrmica do ligante. Os parÃmetros reolÃgicos, obtidos em reÃmetro de cisalhamento dinÃmico (DSR), indicaram que LCC e cardanol (I) tornaram o CAP mais susceptÃvel à deformaÃÃo permanente, no entanto, nÃo houve alteraÃÃo do desempenho do CAP a baixas temperaturas. Foi verificado que o cardanol pode atuar como agente compatibilizante de CAP modificado com SBS, tal como os Ãleos aromÃticos comerciais. Em relaÃÃo ao CAP original, o CAP com SBS apresentou diminuiÃÃo na penetraÃÃo e na susceptibilidade tÃrmica, e aumento do ponto de amolecimento e da viscosidade. Os parÃmetros reolÃgicos (G*, δ) indicaram que o CAP com SBS foi mais resistente à deformaÃÃo permanente. O efeito dos aditivos em relaÃÃo ao grau de desempenho (PG), a altas temperaturas, para os CAP modificados foi CAP/SBS > CAP/cardanol ≥ CAP/LCC. O PG, a baixas temperaturas, foi superior para CAP/SBS, indicando que este pode ser aplicado em regiÃes de clima frio. A resistÃncia à decomposiÃÃo tÃrmica, observada por termogravimetria (TGA), foi semelhante para todas as amostras. As curvas de calorimetria exploratÃria diferencial (DSC) mostraram que todas as amostras possuem baixo teor de fraÃÃes cristalizÃveis e que o CAP modificado com cardanol apresenta maior resistÃncia ao trincamento tÃrmico. O efeito de cardanol como potencial antioxidante foi avaliado apÃs o envelhecimento em estufa RTFOT, e por espectroscopia no infravermelho (FTIR). Os resultados indicaram que o cardanol foi Ãtil para atuar como aditivo redutor do envelhecimento do CAP. Na preparaÃÃo de corpos de prova de misturas CAP/cardanol e agregado constatou-se uma economia no teor de ligante requerido, comparando-se com o CAP sem aditivo. No ensaio Lottman modificado, foi verificado que o cardanol agiu como melhorador da adesividade (AMA) entre ligante e agregado, conforme medida da resistÃncia à traÃÃo (RRT) acima de 80%, e acima do valor encontrado para o CAP virgem. / In this work, phenolics from renewable and natural sources extracted from cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) were used as petroleum asphalt cement (PAC) modifiers additives. Fractions extracted by different methods (I, II and III) were analyzed by High Performance Liquid chromatography (HPLC) and Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and were identified as cardanol. The PAC modified by cardanol I was compared to PAC modified with CNSL and styrene-butadiene-estyrene (SBS) by measuring its rheological properties before and after an aging simulation evaluation. CNSL and cardanol I showed, similarly, increasing values of penetration and decreasing the soft point, the viscosity, the mixing and compaction temperature and the thermal susceptibility. Regarding the rheological parameters obtained by dynamic shear rheometer (DSR), it was observed that PAC/CNSL and PAC/cardanol became more susceptible to rutting. It was verified that cardanol acted as a compatibility agent in PAC modified with SBS in a similar way as for commercial aromatics oils. On the other hand, PAC modified with SBS showed decreasing on penetration values and on thermal susceptibility, as well as increasing soft point and viscosity values. PAC modified with SBS was more resistant to rutting as observed by its rheological parameters (G*, δ). The performance grade (PG) in high temperatures was lower for PAC/cardanol I and PAC/CNSL then for PAC modified with SBS, confirming the conclusions obtained by analysis of the rheological parameters. The PG value, in low temperatures, was greater for PAC modified with SBS then those for the other modified PAC, indicating that this mixture can be used in cold climates. For PAC modified with cardanol I and with CNSL, there was no change performance in low temperatures. The resistance to thermal degradation verified by thermogravimetry (TGA) was similar for all samples. The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) showed that all samples have low content of crystallizable fractions and PAC modified by cardanol has a higher thermal crack resistance. Simulated oxidative ageing showed that cardanol acted as antioxidants. For the dosage of PAC modified with cardanol II, it was observed an economy in the content of used binder compared to PAC without any additive. In the Lottman modified test it was verified that cardanol II acted as an anti-stripping agent (ASA) between the binder and aggregates because it was found a tensile strength ratio (TSR) higher than 80% and larger than the value found for unmodified PAC.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-11T13:53:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 andrea.pdf: 2836298 bytes, checksum: df566d388fe30cef77051925ae2848ba (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-06-15 / In this research was made the study of the rheological and chemical properties of the conventional asphalt cements usually used in the city of Manaus and the same modified by addition with scrap tire rubber and polymers, as form to improve the characteristics and performance of local asphalt coverings. The scrap tire rubber has shown a valuable environmental and socially alternative adjusted being able to present great reductions of volume of this residue in the environment, added to the reduction maintenance costs of the pavements. Also they had been studied modified asphalts for copolymers SBS, SBR and EVA. The adopted methodology was directed, mainly, for the characterization of these asphalts in situations that are submitted in the process of mixes and life of service, have given emphasis the usually found problems in the pavement, such as permanent deformation, fatigue cracking and aging process. The adopted methodology was based on empirical tests and the Superpave specifications. The effect of the oxidation was verified by equipment that simulates the oxidative aging suffered for the asphalt during the mixes and its life of service, considering in the maximum ten years of use as floor. The results, evidenced that the use of modified asphalt by polymers and tire rubber presents improvements in the rheological and chemical properties of the asphalt contributing for the increase of the resistance of the bituminous covering. / Neste trabalho foi realizado o estudo das propriedades reológicas e químicas do ligante asfáltico, usualmente utilizado na cidade de Manaus, e o mesmo ligante modificado pela adição de borracha moída de pneus inservíveis e polímeros, como forma de melhorar as características e desempenho dos revestimentos asfálticos locais, além de proporcionar a redução de custos de manutenção dos pavimentos. A utilização de borracha moída de pneus inservíveis tem se mostrado uma alternativa valiosa, ambientalmente e socialmente adequada podendo apresentar redução desse resíduo no meio ambiente, onde se encontram propícios ao acúmulo de água ocasionando a proliferação de vetores de doenças. Também foram estudados ligantes modificados por copolímeros SBS, SBR e EVA. A metodologia adotada foi dirigida, principalmente, para a caracterização destes ligantes em situações a que são submetidos no processo de usinagem e vida de serviço, dando ênfase a problemas usualmente encontrados na pavimentação, tais como deformação permanente, trincas por fadiga e envelhecimento oxidativo. Os ensaios experimentais foram baseados em ensaios empíricos e nas especificações Superpave. O efeito da oxidação foi verificado por equipamentos que simulam o envelhecimento sofrido pelo ligante durante a usinagem e durante sua vida de serviço, considerando no máximo dez anos de uso como pavimento. Com base nos resultados dos ensaios, constatou-se que a utilização de ligantes asfálticos modificados por polímeros e borracha moída de pneus apresenta melhoras nas propriedades reológicas e químicas dos ligantes asfálticos contribuindo para o aumento da resistência do revestimento betuminoso.

Neste trabalho foi realizado o estudo da caracterizaÃÃo quimica e reologica do cimento asfaltico produzido recentemente no pais, oriundo de petroleo do Campo Fazenda Alegre, no estado do Espirito Santo. Para efeito de comparaÃÃo, tambem foram estudados os asfaltos da refinaria Vale do Paraiba e os estrangeiros arabe e venezuelano. Os asfaltos foram modificados por incorporaÃÃo dos polimeros SBS e EVA, e os efeitos resultantes da modificaÃÃo foram avaliados. Os parÃmetros investigados visaram a avaliaÃÃo de problemas usuais como: deformaÃÃo permanente, trincas termicas e oxidaÃÃo. Os polimeros foram caracterizados atraves de termogravimetria e calorimetria exloratoria diferencial e por espectroscopia no infravermelho. Os asfaltos puros e modificados foram caracterizados por espectroscopia no infravermelho, ressonÃncia magnetica nuclear, calorimetria exploratoria diferencial, termogravimetria e cromatografia de permeaÃÃo em gel. A composiÃÃo quimica foi realizada atraves do fracionamento SARA e teor de enxofre. Ensaios empiricos como ponto d amolecimento, penetraÃÃo e retorno elastico tambem foram realizados. As propriedades reologicas foram avaliadas atravÃs da viscosidade absoluta e de ensaios dinÃmico-mecÃnicos. O envelhecimento oxidativo dos asfaltos foi avaliado a partir da analise dos espectros no infravermelho e de ressonÃncia magnÃtica nuclear, alem da variaÃÃo do modulo complexo de cisalhamento dinÃmico. Observou-se que os asfaltos brasileiros diferem em relaÃÃo aos teores de carbonos aromÃticos, quando comparados com o asfalto Ãrabe. Alem disso, apresentam comportamento diversos frente à presenÃa de oxigÃnio. Nos asfaltos modificados pos SBS, o ensaio de calorimetria exploratÃria diferencial mostrou uma diminuiÃÃo na transiÃÃo vÃtrea do material. A presenÃa do SBS aumentou a resistÃncia do asfalto ao processo oxidativo. A adiÃÃo do SBS e do EVA provocou um aumento da viscosidade do asfalto de forma nÃo linear indicando que os polÃmeros nÃo sÃo aditivos inertes. O comportamento Newtoniano nÃo foi verificado para os ligantes modificados. Ensaios dinÃmicos-mecÃnicos demonstraram que o SBS elevou o grau de desempenho dos ligantes. Os ensaios com as aparas da industria de calÃados (EVA), indicaram uma melhoria na elasticidade do ligante. / This work presents a study on chemical and rheological characterization of an asphalt cement (AC) recently produced in Brazil, originated of petroleum of the field of Fazenda Alegre at the state of EspÃrito Sa nto. A second Brazilian petroleum and also a foreign one were also studied, and their respective asphalts were compared to the Fazenda Alegre AC. The effect of polymers such as SBS and EVA on the chemical and rheological behavior of the investigated ACs was also object of the study. Typical pavement distresses were considered, such as permanent deformation, thermal cracking and oxidation. The polymers were examined using therm ogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry and also infrared spectroscopy. Base and modi fied asphalt cements were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, nucl ear magnetic resonance, thermogravimetry, differential scanning calori metry and gel permeation chromatography. The chemical composition was found by the SARA method a nd the sulfur amount. Empirical tests such as softening point, penetration and elastic recovery were also performed. Rheological properties were determined by the absolute viscosity and dynamic mechanical analyses. The oxidative aging of asphalts was analyzed by the infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance as well by the variati on of complex shear modulus. The observed structural characteristics show ed that the Brazilian asphalt has a different structure when compared to foreign asphalts, evidenced by a different amount of aromatic carbon. In addition, the asphalts showed different beha vior when exposed to oxidative conditions. The differential scanning calorimetry results showed a decrease in glass transition temperatures in the polymer modi fied asphalts. The effect of SBS and EVA were also observed in the viscosity measurem ents. An increase in the absolute viscosity and a Non-Newtonian behavior was observe d. Therefore, polymers acted as non-inert additives. Dynamic mechanical analyses demonstrated that SBS increases the binder performance grade. The analyses performed in the asphalts modified by the residue of sandalâs industry showed an improvement in elasticity.

Asphalt-Portland Cement Concrete Composite (APCCC) is a hot-mix asphalt with air voids in the range of 25 to 30 percent which is later filled with resin modified cement grout. The resin modified cement grout consists of portland cement, fly ash, sand, water, and prosalvia (PL7) additive. The objective of the research was primarily to evaluate the asphalt-portland cement concrete composite under laboratory conditions. Asphalt-portland cement concrete composite specimens were prepared using the Marshall procedure. The physical and durability properties of APCCC were evaluated at one, three, seven, and 28 days of curing. The evaluated physical properties include stability, indirect tensile strength, compressive strength, and resilient modulus, while the evaluated durability properties include water sensitivity, freeze-thaw and chloride intrusion resistance. Specimens were also tested for different moist curing levels to evaluate the optimum moist curing period. Three moist curing periods were evaluated: no-moist curing, one-day moist curing, and three-day moist curing. The test results were compared with those of SM-5 hot-mix asphalt (a Virginia surface mix); results of chloride intrusion resistance were compared with those of portland cement concrete specimens exposed to similar conditions. The study concluded that asphalt-portland cement concrete composite is an effective alternative technique to be used as an overlay on bridge decks especially with preformed membranes, due to its high strength, durability, and lower air void content. / Master of Science

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