Paving the Future: Embracing Recycled Rubber for Sustainable Roads
Explore the innovative use of rubberized asphalt in California's pilot project, showcasing its benefits in reducing carbon footprints, enhancing durability, and integrating recycling into road construction.
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ABSTRACT Reducing the carbon footprint of asphalt pavements is a key step toward sustainable infrastructure. This paper focuses on the use of rubberized dense graded hot mix asphalt (RHMA-D) in a pilot project in California. The study evaluates different technologies to produce rubberized: terminal blend rubber (wet process), crumb rubber particles (passing #40 mesh) added via the wet process (blended with the binder), and engineered crumb rubber particles added via dry process (added during mixing). A total of four rubberized mixes were placed in the pilot project together with a control mix that had plain binder and no rubber. The five mixes had 25% recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) content, by aggregate replacement. The primary objective of this study is to assess the cracking resistance, rutting resistance, construction feasibility, and environmental impacts of these rubberized mixes. Additionally, the research examines the influence of incorporating RAP on pavement durability and environmental benefits. T
