TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydraulic and environmental impacts of using recycled asphalt pavement on highway shoulders
AU - Mijic, Zorana
AU - Dayioglu, Asli Y.
AU - Hatipoglu, Mustafa
AU - Aydilek, Ahmet H.
N1 - Funding Information:
The research reported in this paper was financially supported by the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the National Transportation Center at Maryland (NTC). Endorsement by MDOT and NTC or by the recycled asphalt pavement supplier is not implied and should not be assumed.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/2/20
Y1 - 2020/2/20
N2 - An experimental program was carried out to evaluate hydraulic and environmental behavior of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) obtained from seven different roadways within the state of Maryland for their potential utilization in construction of highway shoulder edge drop-offs. Due to their common use in these edge drop-offs, graded aggregate base material, gravel, and topsoil were included as control materials in the testing program. Hydraulic conductivities of RAPs were evaluated through a series of constant-head tests, while their leaching potential was determined through batch and column leach tests. Laboratory test results indicated that the hydraulic conductivity of recycled asphalt pavement was comparable to that of natural aggregates with the gradation of a clean sand-gravel mixture. The stabilized concentrations of all metals released from the RAPs during the column leach tests were below the water quality limits. The numerical analysis results revealed that, with increasing distance from highway shoulder, the metal concentrations in nearby surface waters decreased further.
AB - An experimental program was carried out to evaluate hydraulic and environmental behavior of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) obtained from seven different roadways within the state of Maryland for their potential utilization in construction of highway shoulder edge drop-offs. Due to their common use in these edge drop-offs, graded aggregate base material, gravel, and topsoil were included as control materials in the testing program. Hydraulic conductivities of RAPs were evaluated through a series of constant-head tests, while their leaching potential was determined through batch and column leach tests. Laboratory test results indicated that the hydraulic conductivity of recycled asphalt pavement was comparable to that of natural aggregates with the gradation of a clean sand-gravel mixture. The stabilized concentrations of all metals released from the RAPs during the column leach tests were below the water quality limits. The numerical analysis results revealed that, with increasing distance from highway shoulder, the metal concentrations in nearby surface waters decreased further.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117226
DO - 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117226
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074266822
SN - 0950-0618
VL - 234
JO - Construction and Building Materials
JF - Construction and Building Materials
M1 - 117226
ER -