PURPOSES : There has been increasing interest in South Korea on warm-mix asphalt (WMA) and cold-mix asphalt (CMA) technologies that allow production of asphalt pavement mixtures at comparatively lower temperatures than those of hot-mix asphalt (HMA) for use in pavement engineering. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of replacing HMA pavement with WMA pavement with the goal of reducing CO2 emissions associated with asphalt production for road construction. METHODS : Changes in the dynamic modulus characteristics of WMA and HMA according to short-term and long-term aging were evaluated. In addition, the effects of water damage were evaluated for short- and long-term aging stages. RESULTS : For WMA, in the process of mixing and short-term aging, early-age dynamic modulus decreased owing to low temperature and reduced short-term aging (STA) time. This could result in early damage to the asphalt pavement depending on the applied traffic load and environmental load. CONCLUSIONS : Mastercurves of the dynamic modulus were used for comparative analysis of WMA and HMA. Compared to the dynamic modulus after STA of HMA, the estimated aging time determined by experiments for WMA to achieve the required stiffness was more than 48 hours, which is equiva-lent to approximately 4 to 5 years real service life when converted. It is considered that further studies are needed for performance optimization to achieve early-age performance of the asphalt mixes.

Dynamic modulus of Asphalt Concrete (|E*|) is one of the most important input parameters is used to design pavement structure according to mechanical-empirical Pavement design of the United State of America. Because of its importance, there has been a lot of research on predictive models of (|E*|) as well as sensitive analysis of input parameters influences dynamic modulus in order to find out which one is the most influence on (|E*|), basing on that, the most reasonable quality control and quality assurance can be applied to ensure quality of work is under control. This paper presents sensitive analysis of input parameters influence (|E*|) of dense asphalt concrete in Viet Nam according to some predictive models of dynamic modulus of the United State of America by applying Monte Carlo simulation method.

With interconnecting voids, porous asphalt provides drainage of rainwater in vertical and lateral direction during rainfall. In addtition, it also offers remarkable advantages compare to traditional asphalt: reduce vehicle splash and spray behind, reduce night time surface glare in wet season and increase tire-pavement friction...On the other hand, the following aspects are recognized as disavantages: reduced performance, winter maintenance issues and high construction cost. For flexible pavement, dynamic modulus master curve is an important parameter in the mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide. In this study, the results of experiment of dynamic modulus test of porous asphalt are discussed for understanding well about the viscoelastic characteristics of porous asphalt.

URPOSES: The objective of this study was to develop an impact resonance (IR) test procedure for thin disk-shaped specimens in order to determine the ⎢E*⎢ and phase angle values of various asphalt mixtures. METHODS: An IR test procedure was developed for evaluating thin disk-shaped specimens, in order to determine the dynamic modulus (⎢E*⎢) of various asphalt mixtures. The IR test method that was developed to determine the elastic modulus values of Portland cement concrete was evaluated, which method uses axisymmetric flexural vibration proposed by Leming et al. (1996). The IR tests were performed on three different mixtures of New York with varying nominal maximum aggregate sizes (NY9.5, NY19, and NY25) at six different temperatures (10 - 60℃). The ⎢E*⎢ values obtained from the IR tests were compared with those determined by the commonly used AASHTO T342-11 test. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS : The IR test method was employed to determine the ⎢E*⎢ values of thin-disk-shaped specimens of various asphalt mixtures. It was found that the IR test method when used with thin disk-like specimens is a simple, practical, and cheap tool for determining the ⎢E*⎢ values of field cores. Further, it was found the ⎢E*⎢ values obtained from the IR tests using thin disk-like specimens were almost similar to those obtained using the AASHTO T342-11 test.

PURPOSES: The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between the FWD back-calculated modulus and dynamic modulus of asphalt layers for existing asphalt pavements. METHODS: To evaluate the dynamic modulus of the asphalt mixture in the existing and new asphalt layers, the uniaxial direct tension test was conducted on small asphalt specimens obtained from the existing asphalt-covered pavements. A dynamic modulus master curve was estimated by using the uniaxial direct tension test for each asphalt layer. The falling weight deflectometer (FWD) testing was conducted on the test sections, and the modulus values of pavement layers were back-calculated using the genetic algorithm and the finite element method based back-calculation program. The relationship between measured and back-calculated asphalt layer moduli was examined in this study. The normalized dynamic modulus was adopted to predict the stiffness characteristics of asphalt layers more accurately. RESULTS: From this study, we can conclude that there is no close relationship between dynamic modulus of first layer and back-calculated asphalt modulus. The dynamic moduli of second and third asphalt layers have some relation with asphalt stiffness. Test results also showed that the normalized dynamic modulus of the asphalt mixture is closely related to the FWD back-calculated modulus with 0.73 of R square value. CONCLUSIONS: The back-calculated modulus of asphalt layer can be used as an indicator of the stiffness characteristics of asphalt layers in the asphalt-covered pavements.

PURPOSES: This study is to evaluate the dynamic modulus changes of permeable asphalt mixtures by using non-destructive impact testing method and to compare the dynamic moduli of permeable asphalt mixtures through repeated freezing and thawing conditions. METHODS: For the study, non-destructive impact testing method is used in order to obtain dynamic modulus of asphalt specimen and to confirm the change of dynamic modulus before and after freezing and thawing conditions. RESULTS : This study has shown that the dynamic moduli of asphalt concrete specimens consisting of 10%, 15% and 20% porosity are reduced by 11.851%, 1.9564%, 24.593% after freezing and thawing cycles. CONCLUSIONS : Non-destructive impact testing method is very useful and has repeatability. Specimen with 15% porosity has high durability than others.

PURPOSES: To characterize the aging effect on asphalt binder, dynamic shear modulus mastercurve of two typical asphalt binders are developed. METHODS: To develop dynamic shear modulus mastercurve, dynamic shear modulus at high temperature and creep stiffness at low temperature are measured by temperature sweep test and bending beam rheometer test, respectively. RESULTS: It is observed that the aging effect on asphalt binder can be clearly observed from dynamic shear modulus mastercurve and the mastercurve can be utilized to predict behavior of asphalt binder at wide range of temperature. CONCLUSIONS: It is confirmed that SBS 5% modified binder has more desirable mechanical property at low and high temperature as a pavement material comparing to PG64-22 binder and the mastercurve is an effective tool to evaluate the property of asphalt binder.

폼드아스팔트를 이용한 현장 상온 재생아스팔트 혼합물에 대한 배합설계법이 아이오아 주 교통국에서 사용하기 위해 개발되었다. 상온 재생 폼드아스팔트 혼합물의 배합설계를 위한 실내시험절차를 개선하기 위하여 배합설계에 영향을 미치는 중요한 배합설계변수들을 결정하여 상온 재생 폼드아스팔트 혼합물의 특성을 반영할 수 있는 새로운 배합설계절차를 개발하였다. 개발된 배합설계법의 검증을 위한 한 가지 방법으로 상온 재생 폼드아스팔트 혼합물의 동탄성계수를 측정하였다. 본 연구에서는 새로운 simple performance testing 장비를 이용한 상온 재생 폼드아스팔트 혼합물의 동탄성계수 측정을 위한 표준시험절차를 정립하고, 7가지 재생 아스팔트 골재를 사용하여 생산된 상온 재생 폼드아스팔트 혼합물의 동탄성 계수를 측정하여 마스터곡선을 작성하였다. 또한 재생 아스팔트 골재의 특성이 상온 재생 폼드아스팔트혼합물의 동탄성 계수에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 3가지 온도와 6가지의 하중주기에서 측정된 상온 재생 폼드아스팔트 혼합물의 동탄성계수는 7가지 재생 아스팔트 골재에서 일관된 값을 나타내었으며, 작성된 상온 재생 폼드아스팔트 혼합물의 마스터곡선은 가열 아스팔트 혼합물의 마스터곡선에 비해 하중주기에 대해 덜 민감한 것으로 평가되었다. 저온에서는 재생 아스팔트 골재의 잔골재 함유량이 상온 재생 폼드아스팔트 혼합물의 동탄성계수에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 고온에서는 재생 아스팔트 골재의 잔류 아스팔트 특성이 상온 재생 폼드아스팔트 혼합물의 동탄성계수에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

아스팔트 혼합물의 동탄성계수는 시험온도 하중주파수의 조합에 따라 각각의 동탄성계수값을 평가한다. 실험에서 얻어진 각각의 동탄성계수를 하중시간과 온도중첩원리를 이용하여 마스터곡선(Master Curve)을 결정한다. 본 연구의 주목적은 마스터곡선을 만들기 위해 필요한 3개의 다른 전이함수(Shift Factor)에 -즉, Arrhenius, 2002 AASHTO Guide, Experimental method- 따른 마스터곡선의 변화정도를 평가하는 것이다. 평가를 위해 사용된 골재는 화강암이고, 아스팔트(AP-3 및 AP-5)를 이용하여 표층용 및 기층용 아스팔트 혼합물의 동탄성계수를 평가하였다. 배합설계는 Superpave Level 1 기준을 준용하였고, 다짐은 선회다짐기를 이용하였다. UTM시험기를 이용한 동탄성계수 시험은 5개의 온도(-10, 5, 20, 40, 55도) 및 5개의 하중주파수(0.05, 0.1, 1, 10, 25 Hz)를 이용하였고, 각각의 아스팔트 혼합물의 위상각 및 동탄성계수를 평가하였다. 측정된 값을 이용하여 Sigmoidal Function방정식을 만족하는 입력변수를 결정하기 위해 전이함수 및 활성에너지 (activation energy)를 결정하였다.