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Laboratory evaluation of treated recycled concrete aggregate in asphalt mixtures

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Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) is considered to be a potential substitute for natural aggregates in asphalt mixtures. Despite some contradictory results achieved by researchers, it is believed that RCA treatment can improve quality of recycled asphalt mixes considerably. In this research, a two-stage treatment was applied on coarse RCA materials in order to improve their properties. The treatment was consisted of first soaking RCAs in Hydrochloric Acid (HCl); second impregnating the treated RCAs into Calcium Metasilicate (CM). The pores of RCAs were filled with CM particles. Substituting virgin aggregates with different amounts of coarse RCA materials into HMA resulted in increased tensile properties of mixes as tested in indirect tensile fatigue test (ITFT). The treatments resulted in reduced moisture sensitivity of mixes. The improvements were mostly attributed to the reduced water absorption of RCA materials. Moreover, morphological characteristics of the treated coarse RCA materials were determined using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) photography.

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    Amir Kavussi, Abolfazl Hassani, Farbod Kazemian & Mohammad Taghipoor

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Kavussi, A., Hassani, A., Kazemian, F. et al. Laboratory evaluation of treated recycled concrete aggregate in asphalt mixtures. Int. J. Pavement Res. Technol. 12, 26–32 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42947-019-0004-5

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