Durability And Mechanical Long-Term Performance Of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Stabilized By Alkali-Activation

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Durability And Mechanical Long-Term Performance Of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Stabilized By Alkali-Activation
Alessandro Graeff Goldoni, Deise Trevizan Pelissaro, Eriky Silveira, Pedro Domingos Marques Prietto, Francisco Dalla Rosa
Keywords: Reclaimed asphalt pavement, Fly ash, Alkali activated binder, Durability, Long-term performance

Resumo:

The application of alkali-activated industrial by-products for the stabilization of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP), can become a sustainable solution to reduce the carbon footprint of road construction and maintenance activities. Furthermore, this approach can also reduce the increasing depletion of natural resources. Thus, the durability and long-term mechanical performance of RAP stabilized with alkali-activated fly ash were assessed in this study. The alkaline activator was a solution composed of sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate. To this extent, unconfined compressive strength (UCS) and durability tests were conducted in this research. The proposed alkali-activated binder significantly increased the UCS of RAP mixtures, with long-term (365 days) results reaching values up to 32 MPa; fulfilling the strength requirements for cement-stabilized soil mixtures and even stable inorganic binder materials for road base and sub-base layers of pavements. These results indicate that when stabilized with an alkali-activated fly ash binder, RAP presents several applications for road engineering; even when subjected to seasonal variations in humidity and temperature, as shown by the durability tests.

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Volume 46, N. 2, Special Issue: COBRAMSEG 2022 (Invited Editors: P.J.R. Albuquerque, M.M. Futai), April-June 2023
Tipo: Revista Soils and Rocks