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Effect of Humidity on Viscoelastic Properties of Asphalt Mixture
LUO Rong1,2, HOU Qiang1,2, LIU Hanqi1,2
2020, 39(08):
77-83.
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-0696.2020.08.12
In order to study the effect of humidity on the viscoelastic properties of asphalt mixture, the uniaxial tensile dynamic modulus tests were carried out on the two types of asphalt mixture specimens at 0%, 50%, 80% and 100% relative humidity. The master curves of dynamic modulus and phase angle at different humidity levels were plotted with reference temperature of 20°C. The changes of viscoelastic properties of asphalt mixture were analyzed by dynamic modulus ratio, loss modulus ratio and storage modulus ratio. The research results show that when the humidity is increased from 0% to 100%, the dynamic modulus of the asphalt mixture decreases, the storage modulus increases firstly and then decreases, and the loss modulus decreases gradually. When the vehicle speed is 60~120km/h, the modulus of the type 1 mixture decreases by 21%, the modulus of the type 2 mixture decreases by 35%, indicating that the load carrying capacity decreases. The storage modulus of the type 1 mixture increases by 11% and then decreases by 20%, and the loss modulus decreases by 21%. The storage modulus of the type 2 mixture increases by 21% and then decreases by 30%, and the loss modulus decreases by 37%. When the humidity increases slightly (less than 50%), the viscosity properties of the asphalt mixture are enhanced and the elastic properties are weakened. However, when the humidity is too high (more than 80%), the whole viscoelasticity of asphalt mixture is weakened due to the weakening of adhesion between asphalt and aggregate.
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