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Construction and Building Materials 305 (2021) 124784 J. Liu Et Al
Construction and Building Materials 305 (2021) 124784 J. Liu Et Al
Fig. 6. Three-dimensional response surface diagram of stiffness modulus and creep rate.
3.2.2. Multiple stress creep recovery (MSCR) test Fig. 5 is a three-dimensional response surface graph related to the
The high-temperature rutting phenomenon of asphalt pavement is non-recoverable creep compliance based on the test data. When the
mainly caused by the accumulation of unrecoverable strain. Non- content of polyurethane and vegetable oil is constant, as the amounts of
recoverable creep compliance is a crucial index for studying the high- castor oil raises, the non-recoverable creep compliance of asphalt de
temperature performance of asphalt. The smaller the unrecoverable creases first and then increases. The reason may be that castor oil reacts
strain, the stronger the high-temperature performance. The smaller the with polyurethane, which improves the high-temperature performance
non-recoverable creep compliance of asphalt, the greater the high- of asphalt and reduces the non-recoverable creep compliance of asphalt.
temperature properties of asphalt. According to the Superpave specifi When the amount of castor oil reached a certain level, the chemical
cation, the rutting index should be greater than 2.2 kPa, after the asphalt reaction between castor oil and polyurethane was incomplete. Rest
has undergone short-term aging. Referring to this requirement, 58℃ castor oil also can modify asphalt so that the non-recoverable creep
was selected as the standard temperature of the MSCR test. Through the compliance of asphalt increased. When the content of polyurethane and
MSCR test, the non-recoverable creep compliance of asphalt under the castor oil is fixed, with the content of vegetable oil increasing, the non-
stress levels of 0.1 kPa and 3.2 kPa is obtained. The experimental results recoverable creep compliance of asphalt first raises and then reduces.
are fitted through regression analysis to obtain a second-order poly When the content of castor oil and vegetable oil is fixed, with the
nomial equation model. The results are shown in Eqs. (6) and (7), polyurethane content increasing, the non-recoverable creep compliance
of asphalt decreases significantly. This verifies the results of the asphalt
Jnr0.1 = 2.78 - 0.32X1 + 1.12X2 - 3.08X3 - 0.76X1 X2
(6) rutting index test to a certain extent.
+ 0.37X1 X3 - 2.76X2 X3 - 1.10X12 + 2.07X22 + 1.43X32 The chemical reaction between castor oil and polyurethane makes
asphalt reduce the non-recoverable creep compliance of asphalt. And as
Jnr3.2 = 3.35 + 1.84X1 + 4.26X2 - 7.05X3 + 0.61X1 X2
(7) the amounts of castor oil increases, Polyurethane is slowly consumed.
- 1.29X1 X3 - 5.98X2 X3 + 0.73X12 + 4.19X22 + 3.73X32 When castor oil reaches a certain amount, polyurethane is consumed