Influence of composite fiber on the performance of cold mix epoxy asphalt mixture
In order to study the effects of composite fiber on the performance of cold-mixed mixture of epoxy and SMA-10 asphalt,basalt fiber(BF)and polyester fiber(PF)codoping were carried out to analyze the effects of various composite fiber ratios on the high temperature performance,low temperature crack resistance,water stability,fatigue resistance,and aging resistance.A two-dimensional numerical model of asphalt mixture was constructed by digital image processing and discrete element simulation technol-ogy.The skeleton characteristic parameters of discrete element model were extracted to determine the optimal fiber blending length.The fiber contents were 0.3%PF,0.2%PF+0.1%BF,0.2%BF+0.1%PF,and 0.3%BF.The results show that the road per-formance,anti-fatigue performance and anti-aging performance of 0.3%basalt fiber are better than that of 0.3%polyester fiber.Among them,0.2%BF+0.1%PF has the best performance improvement.Compared with single-doped polyester fiber and basalt fiber,the dynamic stability of 0.2%BF+0.1%PF increases from 37 058 times·mm-1 and 42 000 times·mm-1 to 45 000 times·mm-1,an increase of 21.4%and 7.1%.The flexural tensile strength increases from 29.01 MPa and 30.53 MPa to 32.08 MPa,an increase of 10.6%and 5.1%.The fatigue life under 650 με strain condition increases from 1.63 million times and 1.83 million times to 1.97 million times,indicating a increase by 20.9%and 7.7%,respectively.The codoping of mixed fiber in the cold mix epoxy SMA-10 asphalt mixture can improve its road performance,and the mixed effect of basalt fiber and polyester fiber is better than that of single fiber.
road engineeringcold-mixed epoxy asphaltdiscrete element simulationSMA-10basalt fiberfiber blendingroad performance