Feasibility analysis of taconite aggregate application by means of composite pavement structure design simulation using MEPDG

Augusto Cannone Falchetto; Ki Hoon Moon; Sang Gab Cho

doi:10.22702/jkai.2022.12.1.16

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Feasibility analysis of taconite aggregate application by means of composite pavement structure design simulation using MEPDG

18 July 2022. pp. 165-175

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Abstract

It is well known that application of alternative aggregate material in asphalt pavement area is crucial not for saving construction budget but for mitigating environmental pollution. Several research efforts: for finding alternative aggregate material, were performed in U.S. during the past decades. One of the research achievements is application of taconite aggregate: a byproduct of taconite mining industries in northern Minnesota, U.S., in asphalt pavement construction. Some studies performed performance evaluation of taconite aggregate added mixture with various mechanical testing procedure. However, not many studies considered pavement design performance simulation, evaluation and comparison in case of taconite aggregate application. In this paper, performance evaluation of taconite aggregate mixture by means of composite pavement design simulation using AASHTOWare-Pavement (MEPDG: Mechanical-Empirical Pavement Design Guide) was considered. Reasonable and comparable pavement performance was found when taconite aggregate is applied compared to the conventional asphalt mixture.

Keywords

Alternative aggregate material

Taconite aggregate

Pavement design performance simulation

Composite pavement

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Publisher :KOREAN ASPHALT INSTITUTE
Publisher(Ko) :한국아스팔트학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Asphalt Institute
Journal Title(Ko) :한국아스팔트학회지
Volume : 12
No :1
Pages :165-175
Received Date : 2022-06-08
Revised Date : 2022-06-28
Accepted Date : 2022-06-30
DOI :https://doi.org/10.22702/jkai.2022.12.1.16

Journal of the Korean Asphalt Institute ISSN:2234-0785(Print) 2635-9553(Online) 한국아스팔트학회지

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