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NAME: NUR FATIHAH BINTI ANUAR (1625518)

TITLE: RECLAIMED ASPHALT PAVEMENT (RAP) IN HOT MIX ASPHALT

According to Srivinasa, Sureka Naagesh, and Gangadhara (2016), the rapid growth in

development of infrastructure have been increased due to the fast urban expansion and

industrial development. All of these infrastructure development includes the improvement of

more decent accessibility especially roads. With the increasing demand and inadequate

supply of aggregate and binder, hot mix asphalt producers have begun to apply the reclaimed

asphalt pavement or known as RAP as one of the materials in the production of HMA.

RAP is the description referring to pavement materials containing asphalt and

aggregates that are removed and/or recycled. Such materials are produced when pavements

with asphalt are removed for restoration, resurfacing, or for access to the underground

utilities. When it is properly crushed and screened, it contains of well-graded aggregates,

high-quality pavement by which the aggregates are coated with asphalt cement. Only then, it

is applicable in the pavement construction.

RAP materials is generated from the old, damaged pavement materials for instance

cracking and breaks of pavement. The deteriorate pavements are milled and crushed before it

is used as addition component to a fresh mixtures for pavement construction. Long time ago,

this materials was directly disposed and removed in the landfills. As time goes by, the

landfilling of this material becomes less practical and more expenses needed to control the

increasing production. Moreover, as the virgin aggregates demand is increasing and the

availability of this aggregates declines throughout the time, the usage of RAP as an addition

material in the pavement mixtures has become more relevant.

Before RAP can be used in the mixture, it is important to carry out test on it to

determine the properties and its suitability to be applied in the mix. Some of general
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properties that need to be tested are the asphalt content, gradation of aggregates, aggregates

bulk specific gravity, fine aggregates angularity and many more. This parameters is important

as it will affect the performance of the pavement

The two major factors that influence the applications of RAP in pavement are its

benefits on the environment as well as in term of economic savings. Usage of RAP is very

beneficial as it reduces the demand of limited natural aggregates and asphalt binder required

in the construction of pavement. The energy and resources is also conserved and the

transportation cost needed to obtained natural aggregates is reduced. The most important

point is that, recycling asphalt optimizes the consumption of natural resources and sustains

the asphalt pavement industry. As it is influence by the benefits on the economics and

environment, RAP must be cost-effective, worked well, and environmentally safe. In order to

achieve this, the usage of this recycled materials in pavement construction must produce

equal or improved performance with the usage of the conventional aggregates.

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REFERENCE:

Srinivasa, R. H., Naagesh, S., & Gangadhara, S. (2016). Development of regression equations

to predict CBR of black cotton soils of Karnataka, India. Int. J. Civ. Eng. Res, 7(2),

135-152.