Grey correlation analysis and molecular simulation study on modification mechanism of red mud mixed manganese slag

In order to promote the virtuous cycle of economic society, minimize the harm of red mud and manganese slag and maximize the efficiency of processing and utilization of red mud and manganese slag; in order to analyze the influence of red mud and manganese slag on the performance of matrix asphalt, this paper conducts multiple groups of compound proportion tests after fully mixing red mud and manganese slag, and finally determines the optimal compound proportion of 1：1.5. The red mud manganese slag compound modified asphalt binder was prepared by adding the powder-oil ratio of 0, 3%, 6%, 9%, 12%, 15%, 18%, 21% and 24% to the matrix asphalt by the external mixing method. Through the determination of three indexes of modified asphalt binder, the modification effect of different dosage on matrix asphalt is analyzed. From a large number of experimental data, it is concluded that when the mixing ratio is 15%, the three indexes of modified asphalt binder are the best. In this paper, the grey correlation theory is used to analyze the correlation between the dosage of the compound modifier and the penetration, ductility and softening point of the matrix asphalt. It is concluded that the addition of the compound modifier has the most obvious influence on the penetration at 10℃, followed by the penetration at 20℃, the softening point, the penetration at 25℃, the penetration at 30℃, the penetration at 15℃, the delay at 5℃ and the delay at 15℃.The adsorption process of red mud compound manganese slag and asphalt was qualitatively simulated by molecular dynamics theory, and the interaction energy between red mud compound manganese slag modified asphalt binder and matrix asphalt was quantitatively calculated, and the modification mechanism of modified asphalt was analyzed.