TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards smart compaction
T2 - Particle movement characteristics from laboratory to the field
AU - Wang, Xue
AU - Shen, Shihui
AU - Huang, Hai
AU - Zhang, Zhidong
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the technical support from the Sensor Technology Research Development and Application Laboratory (STRDAL). Xue Wang is supported by China Scholarship Council and the Pennsylvania State University .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/9/10
Y1 - 2019/9/10
N2 - Compaction is one of the most critical steps in asphalt pavement construction that controls pavement density and ultimately impacts pavement performance. Because of the complexity of asphalt mixture property and the lack of fundamental understanding about compaction mechanisms, field compaction control is mostly experience-based in practice which brings out many problems such as under/over compaction. Very few studies have given insight into particle interaction characteristics under different rollers especially at meso-scale. On the other hand, Superpave gyratory compaction (SGC) is widely used as the laboratory compaction method to simulate field compaction. However, the relationship between SGC and different types of rollers has not been clearly stated. Therefore, this study aims to employ a real-time particle motion sensor, SmartRock, to investigate how particle reacted to different rollers during the field compaction and its relationship with SGC. Findings from this study could contribute to the understanding of the compaction mechanism and initiate a new path toward smart compaction through real time compaction quality control. It was found that particles mainly translated vertically under static and vibrating roller. The kneading action of the pneumatic-tyred roller produced the horizontal translation and three dimensional rotation of the particles. Laboratory study showed that SGC can well simulate the kneading process by pneumatic-tyred roller. Some preliminary results indicated that the SmartRock can reasonably report the real time internal temperature of asphalt mixture during compaction, which could be beneficial to compaction quality control.
AB - Compaction is one of the most critical steps in asphalt pavement construction that controls pavement density and ultimately impacts pavement performance. Because of the complexity of asphalt mixture property and the lack of fundamental understanding about compaction mechanisms, field compaction control is mostly experience-based in practice which brings out many problems such as under/over compaction. Very few studies have given insight into particle interaction characteristics under different rollers especially at meso-scale. On the other hand, Superpave gyratory compaction (SGC) is widely used as the laboratory compaction method to simulate field compaction. However, the relationship between SGC and different types of rollers has not been clearly stated. Therefore, this study aims to employ a real-time particle motion sensor, SmartRock, to investigate how particle reacted to different rollers during the field compaction and its relationship with SGC. Findings from this study could contribute to the understanding of the compaction mechanism and initiate a new path toward smart compaction through real time compaction quality control. It was found that particles mainly translated vertically under static and vibrating roller. The kneading action of the pneumatic-tyred roller produced the horizontal translation and three dimensional rotation of the particles. Laboratory study showed that SGC can well simulate the kneading process by pneumatic-tyred roller. Some preliminary results indicated that the SmartRock can reasonably report the real time internal temperature of asphalt mixture during compaction, which could be beneficial to compaction quality control.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.05.122
DO - 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.05.122
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85066042086
SN - 0950-0618
VL - 218
SP - 323
EP - 332
JO - Construction and Building Materials
JF - Construction and Building Materials
ER -