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Jialin Zhang1, Mulian Zheng1, Jianzhong Pei1
1School of Highway, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China.
Abstract:
At present, there are no specific indicators and requirements for the low-temperature crack resistance of emulsified asphalt cold recycled mixture (CRME) in the Chinese road mixture specifications. In order to expand the application of this technology in the asphalt surface layer in cold areas, this paper studied the influence of 10 influencing factors on the low-temperature anti-cracking performance of CRME through the semicircular bending test (SCB) with fracture energy as the evaluation index. The research results show that the fracture energy index of the SCB test can be used to evaluate the low temperature crack resistance of CRME. After 10 kinds of influencing factors were analyzed, it was found that the biggest factor affecting the low-temperature cracking resistance of the mixture was the recycling agent, which had an effect on the fracture energy index of over 60%. Followed by cement, fiber and compaction work, the degree of influence exceeded 30%. Finally, combined with engineering application experience, some specific measures to improve the low-temperature anti-cracking performance of CRME were proposed.
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