TY - JOUR
T1 - Physiochemical, Rheological, and Oxidative aging characteristics of asphalt binder in the presence of mesoporous silica nanoparticles
AU - Fini, Ellie H.
AU - Hajikarimi, Pouria
AU - Rahi, Mohammad
AU - Nejad, Fereidoon Moghadas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2016/2/1
Y1 - 2016/2/1
N2 - Physiochemical and rheological properties of asphalt binder are known to directly relate to asphalt pavement performance as it relates to fatigue and low temperature cracking. While other performance criteria such as rutting is also affected by binder properties, the latter is known to be also very sensitive to aggregate skeleton and mixture gradation. To enhance pavement performance, asphalt industry has commonly used various modifiers to improve binder rheological properties both before and after it is exposed to oxidative aging. Among those additives are polymers, ground tire rubber, as well as several organic and inorganic fillers. Inorganic fillers such as nano-clay and silica fume showed to be promising candidates to enhance asphalt rheology and aging behavior. Such enhancements are typically attributed to the presence of silicate platelet and silica particles. Accordingly, this paper investigates the merits of application of mesoporous silica nanoparticles in this paper referred to as nano-silica as an asphalt binder additive to enhance binder rheological properties and oxidative aging resistance. To do so, different percentages of nano-silica were added to neat asphalt binder. Asphalt binder was then exposed to short-term oxidative aging using a rolling thin film oven (RTFO). To study the distribution of nano-silica in binder as well as the change in the chemical, rheological, and morphological properties of asphalt binders due to the addition of nano-silica, the scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Superpave tests, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) were conducted. It was found that introduction of nano-silica to asphalt binder can improve the rheological properties and oxidative aging resistance of asphalt binder.
AB - Physiochemical and rheological properties of asphalt binder are known to directly relate to asphalt pavement performance as it relates to fatigue and low temperature cracking. While other performance criteria such as rutting is also affected by binder properties, the latter is known to be also very sensitive to aggregate skeleton and mixture gradation. To enhance pavement performance, asphalt industry has commonly used various modifiers to improve binder rheological properties both before and after it is exposed to oxidative aging. Among those additives are polymers, ground tire rubber, as well as several organic and inorganic fillers. Inorganic fillers such as nano-clay and silica fume showed to be promising candidates to enhance asphalt rheology and aging behavior. Such enhancements are typically attributed to the presence of silicate platelet and silica particles. Accordingly, this paper investigates the merits of application of mesoporous silica nanoparticles in this paper referred to as nano-silica as an asphalt binder additive to enhance binder rheological properties and oxidative aging resistance. To do so, different percentages of nano-silica were added to neat asphalt binder. Asphalt binder was then exposed to short-term oxidative aging using a rolling thin film oven (RTFO). To study the distribution of nano-silica in binder as well as the change in the chemical, rheological, and morphological properties of asphalt binders due to the addition of nano-silica, the scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Superpave tests, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) were conducted. It was found that introduction of nano-silica to asphalt binder can improve the rheological properties and oxidative aging resistance of asphalt binder.
KW - Nano modified asphalt
KW - Nano-silica
KW - Oxidative aging
KW - Rheology
KW - Rutting
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U2 - 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0001423
DO - 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0001423
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84955485453
SN - 0899-1561
VL - 28
JO - Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
JF - Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
IS - 2
M1 - 04015133
ER -