In 1924, natural roack asphalt, which is called Asbuton, was found in South East Sulawesi, Buton Island, Indonesia. Since 2006, Asbuton has been widely applied on national road, provincial road and district roads not only for low volume traffic roads but also for the medium and heavy traffic roads. The use of Asbuton in Indonesian road infrastructure development is increasing because the deposits are estimated to be 677 million tons while current annual production is only approximately 20,000 tons. Asbuton mainly consist of asphalt and mineral like a Trinidad Lake Asphalt. The asphalt content of Asbuton is about 35% or less. Many researchers agreed that pure asphalt binder should be separated from its minerals of Asbuton in order for the conventional asphalt binder to be used widely and economically. Asbuton could replace the conventional asphalt binder. In this study, fundamental and reheological properties of pure asphalt binder extrcted from Asbuton are evauluated to find a possiblity to repalce it as the conventional asphalt binder. The first, pure asphalt binder extrcted from Asbuton through extraction process. Second, penetration test, softening point test, ductility test, and flash point test are conducted to measure physical properties of pure asphalt binder extrcted from Asbuton. Third, dynami shear rheometer (DSR) test, rolling thin film ovens(RTFO) test, pressure aging vessel(PAV) test, and bending beam rheometer(BBR) test are conducted to determine perfoemance grade as a reheological properties. Based on the limited laboratory test results, pure asphalt binder extrcted from would be possibly used as modified additive to improve physical properties and the performance grade at high tempertaure.

Since 2011, a total length of national highway in Korea is 13,797km and 97.6% of total length of national highway system is paved. Particularly, most of national highway has been paved as asphalt concrete pavement. Currently, many maintenance techniques, such as overlay and surface treatments, are applied on existing pavements depending on the failure levels of pavements. One of maintenance techniques is a hot in-place recycling (HIR) that shows features of cost effective and better performance because of the use of 100% recycling of reclaimed asphalt of existing pavement. HIR is widely used in Europe countries and the U.S. It is recommended to rehabilitate the old and distressed asphalt pavement because it is suitable from the environmental perspective and convenient to use when a road is paved. Since 2002, HIR as a maintenance method has been used to rehabilitate the distressed asphalt pavement in National highway in Korea. Recently, a new HIR system, which consists of three pre-heaters, two recycler and one paver, is introduced in maintenance project in National highway. In this paper, HIR mixtures collected from a new HIR system in the field are tested to evaluate their performance in the laboratory test. First, the reclaimed asphalt (RAP) materials and HIR mixtures are collected in the field project site. Second, the quality evaluation of RAP materials, HIR mixtures and rejuvenator are conducted in the laboratory. Test results of RAP materials and HIR mixtures are satisfied with national specification. Rejuvenator used in the project site is classified as RA-5. Based on the limited teste results, it would be concluded that a new HIR system could be produced a satisfied HIR mixtures in the maintenance projects of National highway.

PURPOSES :This study aims to develop a sealant for use in the installation of Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) sensor for asphalt concrete or cement concrete pavements.METHODS:In order to investigate the properties of various sealants that were mixed with latex and carbon fiber, various test methods were adopted, such as bituminous bond strength test, softening point test, and cone penetration test. To evaluate moisture susceptibility, the BBS test was conducted under moist condition. The bond strength ratio (BSR) was calculated based on tensile strength ratio method.RESULTS :The sealant’s properties significantly varied according to the amount of latex or carbon fiber. The usage of latex marginally enhanced the cone penetration test result, notwithstanding reduced asphalt content. This implies that the sealant will be proper cold temperature reason. Moreover, the addition of latex and carbon fiber evidently increased the softening point. This indicates that the tendency of the material to flow at elevated temperatures is encountered during service. With the addition of latex and carbon fiber, the moisture susceptibility measured with BSR improved marginally, while the bond strength under dry condition decreased marginally. Sealant F displays the highest bond strength and BSR under limited test conditions.CONCLUSIONS :According to the proportion of latex and carbon fiber mixed, properties of sealant, such as softening point, cone penetration, and BSR varied marginally. This indicates that the sealant has to be applied considering the environmental condition, to improve service life.