RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPHALT MIXTURES USING A

DYNAMIC SEMI CIRCULAR BENDING (SCB) TEST

Fernando MARTINEZ, Marina CAUHAPE CASAUX and Silvia ANGELONE
ROAD LABORATORY
LABORATORY, INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MECHANICS AND STRUCTURES (IMAE)
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ROSARIO
ROSARIO, ARGENTINA

Objectives
j and Methodology
gy
What?
Validation of the Semi Circular Bending
g ((SCB)) configuration
g for the rheological
g characterization of
asphalt mixtures
Why?
simplicity; same equipment used in other configurations could be adapted
simplicity;
simple tensile stress develops in the lower plane surface of the sample
p
samples compacted
p in the laboratory
y or cored from a p
pavement can be used
How?
H ?
Comparison and evaluation of Dynamic Modulus (E*) and Phase Angle () measured with the SCB and
the Unconfined Uniaxial Compression (UC) configurations at the same temperatures and frequencies

Ad
Adopted
dGGeometry and
d Experimental
i l Procedures
d
FE Model S pl compacted
Samples p t d with
ith a gy
gyratory
t y compactor
p t andd th
then cored
d and
d sawed
d
a
 Two asphalt mixtures: AC30 / AM3
F  Frequencies:
5 4,
5, 4 2,
2 1,
1 0.5,
0 5 0.25
0 25 and
d 0.1
0 1 Hz
H
 Temperatures:
p
R 0 10,
0, 10 20,
20 30 and 4040°C
C

b D
A
e B Dynamic
y Modulus ||E*||
d Phase Angle 
L

E *  1237. P0
Do .t 
F0

D0
A B

Obtained Results Conclusions

Comparison and validation of experimental results  Th
The SCB configuration
fig ti forf th
the d
determination
t i ti off ththe
100000
AC30 Mixture
50
Dynamic Modulus |E |E*|| and the Phase Angle of two
AC30 Mixture
AM3 Mixture
40
different asphalt
p mixtures has been investigated.
g
a)

gle  (ºº)
MPa

10000  For the adopted

p geometry
g y an equation
q for the
B (M

30
calculation of |E
|E*|| was developed using a Finite
CB

e ang
|E*|| SC

Element model.
ase

20
1000
Pha

SCB
 The instrumentation of the sample is relatively
P

C
Compression
i
10
Li off equality
Line lit H S model
H-S d l SCB
SC simple and any testing equipment suitable for
100 0
H-S model Compression
dynamic
y modulus measurements could be adapted p
100 1000 10000
|E*|| Uniaxial Compression (MPa)
|E
100000 100 1000 10000 100000
in order to accommodate the geometry proposed in
Dynamic modulus |E*|
|E | (MPa)
50 50
this study.
y
AC30 mixture AM3 Mixture
AM3 Mixture  Veryy well agreement
g has been found between
40 40
results obtained with the Uniaxial Compression
e  (º))

30 |E*|| and  with

tests and the SBC configuration for |E
B (°°)

ngle

30

regression coefficients R2 higher than 90 %.

%
 SCB

se an

20 20
 Th
The SCB configuration
fi ti has
h been
b validated
lid t d as a
has

SCB
Ph

Compression
10
Line of equality
10
H-S model SCB
simple and promising methodology for the
H-S model Compression characterization of the viscoelastic response of
0
0 10 20 30 40 50
0
100 1000 10000 100000
asphalt mixtures.
Uniaxial
U i i l Compression
C i (°) Dynamic modulus |E*| (MPa)