Moisture Sensitivity Evaluation of the Asphalt Mortar-Aggregate Filler Interface Using Pull-Out Testing and 3-D Structural Imaging
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Abstract
Moisture damage is one of the undesired distresses occurring in flexible asphalt pavements, mostly through water intrusion that weakens and ultimately degrades the asphalt mortar-aggregate interfacial bond. One method to mitigate this distress is using anti-stripping or anti-spalling filler materials that, however, require a systematic quantification of their interfacial bonding potential and moisture tolerance properties prior to wide-scale field use. With this background, this study was conducted to comparatively evaluate and quantitatively characterize the moisture sensitivity and water damage resistance of the interfacial bonding between the asphalt mortar and aggregate fillers. Using an in-house custom developed water-temperature coupling setup, numerous laboratory pull-out tests were carried out on the asphalt mortar with four different filler materials, namely limestone mineral powder, cement, slaked (hydrated) lime, and waste brake pad powder, respectively. In the study, the effects of moisture wet-curing conditions, temperature, and filler types were comparatively evaluated to quantify the water damage resistance of the asphalt mortar-aggregate filler interface. For interfacial microscopic characterization, the Image-Pro Plus software, 3-D digital imaging, and scanning electron microscope (SEM) were jointly used to measure the spalling rate and the surface micromorphology of the asphalt mortar and aggregate filler before and after water saturation, respectively. In general, the pull-out tensile force exhibited a decreasing response trend with more water damage and interfacial bonding decay as the moisture wet-curing temperature and time were increased. Overall, the results indicated superiority for slaked (hydrated) lime over the other filler materials with respect to enhancing and optimizing the asphalt mortar-aggregate interfacial bonding strength, moisture tolerance, and water damage resistance, respectively—with limestone mineral powder being the poorest performer.
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OpenAlex topics: Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation · Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring · Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
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Wuhan Institute of Technology, School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wuhan 430205, China
Highway Management Bureau of Luotian County, Luotian 438600, China
Anhui Road & Bridge Test Co., Ltd., Hefei 231283, China
Xinjiang Urban Construction (Group) Co., Ltd., Wulumuqi 830016, China
Xinjiang Urban Construction Guoxin Engineering Co., Ltd., Wulumuqi 830016, China
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