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Function evaluation of asphalt mixture with industrially produced BOF slag aggregate
Meiling Zhao1, Shaopeng Wu1, Zongwu Chen1
1State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan - China.
Background:
Laboratory research suggested that basic oxygen furnace (BOF) slag-based asphalt mixture was a functional material. However, the BOF slag aggregate's quality was difficult to control when it was heavily used in entity engineering.
Aims:
The primary objective of this research was to evaluate the functional performances of asphalt mixture containing BOF slag coarse aggregate (BSCA), which was from an industrialized production line.
Methods:
Limestone mixture was a control group. The Marshall method was first adopted to design asphalt mixtures. The performances of limestone asphalt mixture and BOF slag asphalt mixture including fatigue failure resistance and moisture stability were then evaluated and compared.
Results:
Results showed that the asphalt mixture containing BSCA possessed better durability, which meant the quality of BSCA from industrialized production lines was well controlled and this BSCA can be heavily used in entity engineering.
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