Investigation of Using Waste Engine Oil Blended with Reclaimed Asphalt Materials to Improve Pavement Recyclability
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Michigan Technological University Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports - Open Reports 2011 Investigation of using waste engine oil blended with reclaimed asphalt materials to improve pavement recyclability Christopher Daniel DeDene Michigan Technological University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/etds Part of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Commons Copyright 2011 Christopher Daniel DeDene Recommended Citation DeDene, Christopher Daniel, "Investigation of using waste engine oil blended with reclaimed asphalt materials to improve pavement recyclability ", Master's Thesis, Michigan Technological University, 2011. https://doi.org/10.37099/mtu.dc.etds/229 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/etds Part of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Commons INVESTIGATION OF USING WASTE ENGINE OIL BLENDED WITH RECLAIMED ASPHALT MATERIALS TO IMPROVE PAVEMENT RECYCLABILITY By Christopher Daniel DeDene A THESIS Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (Civil Engineering) MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 2011 Copyright: Christopher D. DeDene 2011 This thesis, “Investigation of Using Waste Engine Oil Blended with Reclaimed Asphalt Materials to Improve Pavement Recyclability,” is hereby approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Signatures: Thesis Advisor ___________________________________________ Dr. Zhanping You Committee Member ___________________________________________ Dr. Jacob Hiller Committee Member ___________________________________________ Dr. David Shonnard Department Chair ___________________________________________ Dr. David Hand Date ___________________________________________ For Dad, who came to all of my football games vii Table of Contents List of Figures .................................................................................................................... xi List of Tables .................................................................................................................... xii Glossary ........................................................................................................................... xiii Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................... xiv Abstract ............................................................................................................................. xv 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project Goals ............................................................................................................2 1.2 Content .....................................................................................................................3 2. Literature Review............................................................................................................ 5 2.1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................5 2.2 Asphalt Pavement ....................................................................................................5 2.3 Asphalt Binder .........................................................................................................7 2.4 Asphalt Failure Mechanisms....................................................................................7 2.5 Superpave .................................................................................................................9 2.5.1 Dynamic Shear Rheometer ............................................................................ 9 2.5.2 Rotational Viscometer ................................................................................. 11 2.5.3 Laboratory Aging of Asphalt Binder ........................................................... 11 2.6 Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement ................................................................................12 2.6.1 Recycling Agents ......................................................................................... 13 2.6.2 RAP Extraction and Recovery ..................................................................... 13 2.7 Asphalt Chemistry .................................................................................................14 2.7.1 Chemical Structure....................................................................................... 14 viii 2.7.2 Asphalt Aging .............................................................................................. 15 2.8 Waste Engine Oil ...................................................................................................16 2.9 Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) .................................................16 2.10 Asphalt Mixture Testing ......................................................................................18 2.10.1 Mixture Specifications ............................................................................... 19 2.10.2 Test Samples .............................................................................................. 19 2.10.3 Rutting Test ................................................................................................ 19 2.10.4 Tensile Strength Ratio Test ........................................................................ 20 3. Asphalt Binder Testing ................................................................................................. 21 3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................21 3.2 Methods..................................................................................................................21 3.3 Results ....................................................................................................................25 3.4 Discussion and Analysis ........................................................................................28 3.5 Conclusions ............................................................................................................31 4. Advanced Asphalt Binder Testing ................................................................................ 34 4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................34 4.2 Methods..................................................................................................................34 4.3 Results ....................................................................................................................35 4.4 Discussion and Analysis ........................................................................................39 4.5 Conclusions ............................................................................................................41 5. Mixture Testing ............................................................................................................. 42 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................42 5.2 Methods..................................................................................................................42 5.2.1 Mixture Specifications ................................................................................. 42 ix 5.2.2 Trial Samples ............................................................................................... 43 5.2.3 Mixing and Compaction .............................................................................. 43 5.2.4 Rutting Test .................................................................................................. 45 5.2.5 TSR Test ...................................................................................................... 45 5.3 Results ....................................................................................................................46 5.4 Analysis..................................................................................................................48 5.5 Conclusions ............................................................................................................50 6. Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 52 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................52 6.2 Conclusions ............................................................................................................52 6.3 Future Work ...........................................................................................................53 References ......................................................................................................................... 55 Appendix A. Job Mix Formula (JMF) .............................................................................. 59 Appendix B. Compaction Results ..................................................................................... 60 Appendix C. DSR Data ..................................................................................................... 74 Appendix D. Rotational Viscometer Data .......................................................................