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Evaluation of Asphalt Binders Modified with Nanoclay and Nanosilica

During last decade, researchers' interest in nanotechnology applications, particularly in the field of pavement materials, has been increasing. This research work focused on the investigation of the properties of asphalt binder modified with different percentages of two different nanomaterials. These materials are nanoclay, and nanosilica. The nanosilica was manufactured from two different sources: silica fume and rice husk. Nanomaterials and asphalt binder were first characterized. A mechanical mixer was then used at 1500 rpm to mix the nanomaterials with the binder. Required mixing time was determined. Three different nanomaterial percentages were mixed with the binder. The modified binders were tested for rheological properties. Results showed that, nanosilica synthesized from silica fume tends to decrease the penetration value and increase the softening point temperature. The nanoclay on the other hand was found to increase the penetration and decrease the softening point temperature. At temperature of 135°C and up to 150°C, increasing nanosilica percentage was found to increase Brookfield Rotational Viscosity (RV), while nanoclay, at small percentages, increased the RV and then decreased it at higher percentages. At higher temperature, up to 165°C, the RV values did not change significantly using both nanomodifiers. Nanosilica from rice husk showed improvement in the RV results. Finally, the Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR) results showed obvious improvement in the performance grade leading to higher resistance to permanent deformation.

Performance evaluation of nanosilica-modified asphalt binder

2019

Continuous efforts are being made to enhance the performance of the pavements for which various modifiers and additives are being utilized. Lately, emphasis has been given to the use of sustainable materials to be used in pavement construction. The paper explores the use of nanosilica, which can be manufactured from industrial and agricultural wastes, as an asphalt modifier and evaluates its effect on high-temperature properties of VG-10 binder. The paper investigates the rutting potential of nanosilica-modified binders by using different rheological approaches. Nanosilica was used in three concentrations (0.5%, 1% and 3%). It was found that adding nanosilica to asphalt binder improves its rutting resistance. Results of all the rheological approaches showed that resistance to permanent deformation increases with the addition of nanosilica. Nanosilica-modified binders have high resistance to oxidative ageing. Nanosilica-modified binders exhibited good storage stability at high temper...

Rheological Properties and Chemical Bonding of Asphalt Modified with Nanosilica

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2013

The objective of this study is to evaluate the rheological properties and chemical bonding of nano-modified asphalt binders blended with nanosilica. In this study, the nanosilica was added to the control asphalt at contents of 4% and 6% based on the weight of asphalt binders. Superpave binder and mixture tests were utilized in this study to estimate the characteristics of the nano-modifed asphalt binder and mixture. The rotational viscosity (RV), dynamic shear rheometer (DSR), bending beam rhometer (BBR), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), asphalt pavement analyzer (APA), dynamic modulus (DM) and flow number (FN) tests were used to analyze rheological properties and chemical bonding changes of the nano-modified asphalt binder and the performance of the nano-modified asphalt mixture. In addition, the performance of nano-modified asphalt after rolling thin-film oven (RTFO) short-term and pressure-aging vessel (PAV) long-term aging was assessed as well. The dissipated work per load cycle for the asphalt binder was used to evaluate the rheological properties of the nano-modified asphalt binder. Based on the binder test results, it was found that the additional nanosilica in the control asphalt binder slightly decreased the viscosity of the control asphalt binder, maintained low dissipated work per load cycle, held a similar low-temperature performance to the control asphalt, and had a positive effect on antioxidation. From the mixture test results, the dynamic modulus and flow number of nano-modified asphalt mixtures improved, and the rutting susceptibility of nano-modified asphalt mixtures was reduced compared to the control asphalt mixture. In general, the findings from this study show that the antiaging property and rutting and fatigue cracking performance of nanosilica modified asphalt binders are enhanced, and the addition of nanosilica in the control asphalt mixture significantly improves the dynamic modulus, flow number, and rutting resistance of asphalt mixtures.

Rheological Properties of Hot and Warm Asphalt Binder Modified with Nanosilica

Materials Science

The impact of base and zycotherm binders modified with various proportions of nanosilica (i.e., 2 %, 4 %, and 6 %) based on the weight of the binder at high-temperature performance was investigated. Brookfield viscosity, penetration, softening point, and storage stability tests were all conducted on base and modified binders. Moreover, the Superpave rutting parameter (G*/sin δ) and Multiple stress creep recovery (MSCR) were utilized to assess the resistance of binders to rutting. By observing the outcomes of the modified binder tests, the incorporation of nanosilica into the base and zycotherm binders improved temperature susceptibility. Binders modified with nanosilica showed remarkable storage stability at elevated temperatures, as the variation in softening point between the upper and bottom parts was less than 2.5 °C for all binders. Based on the outcomes of the Superpave rutting parameter, the inclusion of nanosilica enhanced the stiffness of the modified binders up to 130 % fo...

Engineering Properties of Nanosilica Modified Asphalt Binder

Journal of Mechanical Engineering

The effect of nanosilica (NS) on aging resistance as well as stiffness of asphalt binder was investigated. X-ray diffraction (XRD) was used to evaluate nanosilica dispersion in asphalt binder. Nanosilica modified binder (NSMB) samples were aged using the rolling thin film oven (RTFO) and pressure aging vessel (PAV) to simulate short-term and long-term aging processes of asphalt binder before testing. The fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and dynamic shear rheometer (DSR) were carried out to obtain the chemical and rheological properties of NSMB. From the XRD test, it was found that the addition of NS changed the phase of the base asphalt binder from amorphous to semi-crystalline. FTIR spectroscopy showed that the addition of NS into the asphalt binder can delay and weaken the oxidation reaction binder which could improve the aging resistance. From DSR test, it was found that the addition of NS significantly increased the G*/sin δ value and decreased the strain value of ...

Characteristics of asphalt binder and mixture containing nanosilica

International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 2017

The aim of this study is to address the feasibility of using nanosilica (NS) in bituminous pavements from the perspective of asphalt binder and corresponding mixture characteristics. In this paper, the characteristics of asphalt binder containing 0%, 2%, 4% and 6% of NS have been investigated in terms of the penetration, softening point, viscosity, and changes in chemical bonds using the Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy. An additional laboratory study was conducted to characterize the performance properties of the corresponding asphalt mixtures based on the resilient modulus, indirect tensile strength, fracture energy, moisture susceptibility, and fatigue life. Overall, the addition of NS material has a positive influence on different properties of the asphalt binder and mixture and can be used to construct durable pavements, thereby reduce the life-cycle costs of the pavement.

Properties and Chemical Bonding of Asphalt and Asphalt Mixtures Modified with Nanosilica

Rheological, physicochemical, and microstructural properties of asphalt binder modified by fumed silica nanoparticles

Scientific Reports

Warm mix asphalt (WMA) is gaining increased attention in the asphalt paving industry as an eco-friendly and sustainable technology. WMA technologies are favorable in producing asphalt mixtures at temperatures 20–60 °C lower in comparison to conventional hot mix asphalt. This saves non-renewable fossil fuels, reduces energy consumption, and minimizes vapors and greenhouse gas emissions in the production, placement and conservation processes of asphalt mixtures. At the same time, this temperature reduction must not reduce the performance of asphalt pavements in-field. Low aging resistance, high moisture susceptibility, and low durability are generally seen as substantial drawbacks of WMA, which can lead to inferior pavement performance, and increased maintenance costs. This is partly due to the fact that low production temperature may increase the amount of water molecules trapped in the asphalt mixture. As a potential remedy, here we use fumed silica nanoparticles (FSN) have shown ex...

Mechanical Properties of Porous Asphalt with Nanosilica Modified Binder

Jurnal Teknologi, 2016

This paper evaluates the mechanical properties of porous asphalt (PA) with nanosilica (NS) modified binder in terms of its Abrasion Loss, Binder Draindown, Resilient Modulus and Moisture Susceptibility. These tests are essential to evaluate the performance of NS-PA towards the resistance of moisture induced damage, external loads, abrasion and interlocking structure of PA. Due to porous nature of PA, it is expose to moisture damage and binder draindown. Besides that, raveling is another major problem that closely related to PA. Thus, nanotechnology was promoted in this study in order to enhance the performance of PA. Six different percentages of nanosilica were mixed with PEN 60-70 type of binder in this study. Then, all these blended modified binder were used to prepare PA samples using Marshall Mix Design Method. Nanoparticle used in this study was Nanosilica with the average size of 10 to 15 nanometer. Binder Draindown Test was done using a metal basket with 3mm perforation. Then...

Performance of asphalt binder blended with non-modified and polymer-modified nanoclay

Construction and Building Materials, 2012

This study investigated the rheological properties of asphalt binders modified with nanomaterial additives. The additives used are non-modified nanoclay (NMN) and polymer modified nanoclay (PMN). They were added to the control PG 58-34 asphalt binder at concentrations of 2% and 4% by the weight of the asphalt binder, respectively. Superpave™ binder tests were employed to evaluate the characteristics of the nano-modified binders. Rheological properties of nano-modified asphalt were analyzed by use of asphalt binder tests such as Rotational Viscosity (RV), Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR) and Bending Beam Rheometer (BBR). In addition, the short-and long-term aging properties of nano-modified asphalt were analyzed, with the aging process simulated by Rolling Thin Film Oven (RTFO) and the Pressure Aging Vessel (PAV). The dissipated work per load cycle of all asphalt binders was examined, in order to better understand the properties of nano-modified asphalt. The results reveal that both viscosity and complex shear modulus of asphalt binder remarkably increase when the NMN is added into the control asphalt, and decrease slightly when the PMN is added. In addition, from the dissipated work perspective, the overall performance of PMN modified asphalt binder is improved in terms of rutting and fatigue cracking resistance relative to the NMN modified asphalt binder.

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