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Haibin Li1,2, Yongfei Zhang3,4, Mingming Zhang3,4
1School of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710054, China. lihaibin1212@126.com.
Abstract:
Due to the high viscosity, rubber asphalt displays poor construction workability, which ultimately compromises the comfort and safety of pavement. In this study, specified control variates were used to study the effect of the waste engine oil (WEO) addition sequence on the properties of rubber asphalt while ensuring the consistency of other preparation parameters. Initially, in order to evaluate their compatibility, the storage stability and aging properties of the three groups of samples were determined. The variation of asphalt viscosity was then analyzed using a low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (LF-NMR) test, by predicting the fluidity of each sample. Subsequently, the results showed that the rubber asphalt prepared by premixing WEO and crumb rubber (CR) had the best properties of low temperature, compatibility, and fluidity. On this basis, the effects of WEO content, shear rate, shear temperature, and shear time on the properties of low viscosity rubber asphalt were investigated separately through response surface methodology (RSM). Quantitative data from the basic performance experiment were used to fit the high precision regression equation, thereby correlating a more precise level of factors with experimental results. The response surface model prediction analysis showed that the optimal preparation parameters of the low viscosity rubber asphalt were 60 min shear time, 180 °C shear temperature, and 5000 r/min shear rate. Simultaneously, the addition of 3.5% of WEO showed great potential as an asphalt viscosity reducer. Ultimately, this study provides an accurate method for determining the optimum preparation parameters of asphalt.
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