Recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) mixtures are widely adopted due to their significant economic and social benefits from utilizing pavement recycling materials. This study incorporates basalt fibers (BF) and polyester fibers (PF) into plant-mixed hot recycled asphalt mixtures to analyze their enhancement effects on the high-temperature, low-temperature, and fatigue performance at different RAP content levels. Additionally, the study investigates the impact of fiber and RAP additions on the compaction characteristics of the mixtures using gyratory compaction tests, aiming to increase the RAP content of plant-mixed hot recycled asphalt mixtures. Experimental results demonstrate that at 30% and 50% RAP content levels, basalt fibers exhibit more pronounced enhancement effects on the performance of recycled asphalt mixtures compared to polyester fibers. Incorporating basalt fibers increases the fracture energy of recycled asphalt mixtures by 8.63% and 13.9%, and improves fatigue life by 154% and 135%, respectively. Moreover, the addition of both types of fibers increases compaction difficulty, with polyester fibers showing a more significant influence on the compaction energy index (CEI).
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College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, 300350 Tianjin, China.
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Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Ilam University, P.O. Box 69315516, Ilam, Iran.
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January 2025
Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia. Electronic address:
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January 2025
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December 2024
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, 300A Nguyen Tat Thanh Street, District 4, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam.
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