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Presentation on

BITUMEN MIXES FOR ROAD

ARYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING &

RESEARCH CENTRE
Submitted To:Dr. Sheetal Agrawal
HOD Civil Department

Submitted By:
Nikhil Awana
10EAYCE073

INTRODUCTION
As per Das et al.(2004); During 1900s, the bituminous paving technique was first used on rural roads The
term foamed asphalt refers to a mixture of pavement construction aggregates and foamed bitumen. The
foamed bitumen, or expanded bitumen, is produced by a process in which water is injected into the hot
bitumen, resulting in spontaneous foaming. The bituminous mix design aims to determine the proportion
of bitumen, filler, fine aggregates, and coarse aggregates to produce a mix which is workable, strong,
durable and economical.

Asphaltic/Bituminous concrete consists of a mixture of aggregates continuously graded from

maximum size , typically less than 25 mm, through the fine filler that is smaller than 0.075 mm. Sufficient
bitumen is added to the mix so that the compacted mix is effectively impervious and will have acceptable
dissipative and elastic properties.

OBJECTIVES OF BITUMINOUS MIX DESIGN

Sufficient bitumen to ensure a durable pavement.

Sufficient strength to resist shear deformation under traffic at higher temperature.
Sufficient air voids in the compacted bitumen to allow for additional compaction by
traffic.
Sufficient workability to permit easy placement without segregation.
Sufficient resistance to avoid premature cracking due to repeated bending by traffic.
Sufficient resistance at low temperature to prevent shrinkage cracks.

Requirements of Bituminous
mixes
Stability
Durability
Flexibility
Skid resistance
Workability
Desirable
properties

CONSTITUENTS OF BITUMEN MIX

Coarse aggregate (retained on 2.36mm
sieve)
Fine aggregate (passing 2.36mm sieve but
retained on 75m)
Filler (passing 75m), may be cement.
Binder: Bitumen etc.

DEFINITIONS
Binder: A material used to hold solid particles together,
i.e. bitumen or tar.
Bitumen:
A heavy fraction from oil distillation (also occurs as part of natural
asphalt).
Tar: A viscous liquid obtained from distillation of coal or wood.Rarely
used in construction currently in the UK.
Asphalt: A mixture of bitumen and mineral filler.Note that Hot Rolled
Asphalt is a road surfacing material.
Mastic: An adhering asphalt which is placed with
trowelling.
Macadam: A road construction material with binder and coarse
aggregate. Tarmacadam was the first road surfacing material.

ROAD CONSTRUCTION TYPES

Wearing Course

Wearing Course

Base Course

roadbase

Roadbase
Sub-Base
Subgrade(limesto
ne)

Lower Base (Crack

Resistant)
Sub-Base
Subgrade(limestone)

BITUMINOUS CONSTRUCTION
PROCEDURES

Surface Dressing
Grouted Or Penetration Macadam
Built-up Spray Grout
Bitumen Bound Macadam
Bituminous Carpet
Bituminous Concrete

ASPHALT CONCRETE OR (BITUMINIOUS

MIXTURE)
Asphalt concrete is a composite material commonly used in construction projects such as road
surfaces, airports and parking lots. It consists of asphalt (used as a binder) and mineral aggregate
mixed together
Hot mix asphalt concrete (commonly abbreviated as HMAC or HMA) is produced by heating
the asphalt binder to decrease its viscosity, and drying the aggregate to remove moisture from it
prior to mixing
Warm mix asphalt Concrete (commonly abbreviated as WMA) is produced by adding either
zeo-lites waxes, asphalt emulsions, or sometimes even water to the asphalt binder prior to mixing
Cold mix asphalt concrete is produced by emulsifying the asphalt in water with (essentially)
soap prior to mixing with the aggregate
Cut-back asphalt concrete is produced by dissolving the binder in kerosene or another
lighter fraction of petroleum prior to mixing with the aggregate.

Mastic asphalt concrete or sheet asphalt is produced by

heating hard grade blown bitumen (oxidation) in a green
cooker (mixer) until it has become a viscous liquid after
which the aggregate mix is then added.
Natural asphalt concrete can be produced from bituminous
rock, found in some parts of the world, where porous sedimentary
rock near the surface has been impregnated with upwelling
bitumen.

Dense graded HMA surface

HOT MIX ASPHALT

HMA is a mixture of coarse and fine aggregates and asphalt
binder. HMA, as the name suggests, is mixed, placed and
compacted at higher temperature.

Dense-Graded Mixes
This type of bituminous concrete is a well-graded HMA has good
proportion of all constituents are also called Dense bituminous
macadam.

Dense graded core sample

Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA)

Stone matrix asphalt (SMA), sometimes called stone mastic asphalt, is a gap-graded HMA originally
developed in Europe to maximize rutting resistance and durability in heavy traffic road.

SMA Lab Sample

Surface Mixes
Open-Graded

SMA

Unlike dense-graded mixes and SMA, an open-graded HMA mixture is designed to be water
permeable.Open-graded mixes use only crushed stone (or gravel) and a small percentage of
manufactured sands

CHARACTERISTICS OF MATERIAL
USED IN BITUMINOUS MIX
Mineral Aggregate
Obtained from different natural sources such as glacial deposits or mines.
A highly cubic shape and rough texture to resist rutting and movements.
A hardness which can resist fracturing under heavy traffic loads.
A high resistance to polishing, and
A high resistance to abrasion.
Mineral filler
Generally filler plays an important role in properties of bituminous mixture
particularly in terms of air voids, voids in mineral aggregate. Different types
of mineral fillers are used in the SMA mixes such as stone dust, ordinary
Portland cement (OPC), slag cement, fly Ash, hydrated lime etc

 Binder
Bitumen acts as a binding agent to the aggregates, fines and stabilizers in bituminous
mixtures. Binder provides durability to the mix.
Stabilizing Additives
The main stabilizing additives used in mixes can be classified in to different groups;
Fibres (Cellulose Fibres, Mineral Fibres, Chemical Fibres)
Polymer
Powder and flour like materials (Silicic acid, Special Filler)
Plastics (Polymer Powders or Pellets)
Natural fiber:-Natural fiber classified into 3 category depending upon the part of plant
from where it is extracted
Stem fiber (jute, banana etc.)
Leaf fiber (sisal, pineapple)
Fruit fiber (cotton, coir, oil palm)

Conventional Bituminous Mix Technologies

Hot Mix Technologies-Shortfalls
Heating of binder at 150-170C
Heating of aggregates at 185-200C
Production at 150-160C
Laying at 140C
Compaction at 120 C
Environmental pollution
High energy consumption
Limited work year
Solution!!!
Cold mix technologies using bitumen
emulsion as binder

COLD BITUMINOUS MIXES

Cold mix technology eliminates heating of
aggregates, bitumen binder, uses cationic
bitumen emulsions.

Optimized composition of open graded premix

carpet, semi- dense bituminous concrete,
microsurfacing and bituminous macadam .
It is environment friendly, offer greater social
acceptance, increased paving period, acceptable
performance and cost effective.
Technology has found wide acceptance.

PRODUCTION OF COLD
MIXES

Adding Pre-mix Water

Cold mix on coneyer belt

Adding Emulsion In Drummixer

Discharge of cold to dumper

PREPARATION OF COLD MIX

Charging of Aggregates

Emulsion for Cold Mix

Wetting of Aggregates

Discharging of Cold Mix

 Transportation of cold mix

Cold mix shall be discharged in trolleys/wheel barrow
Cold mix shall be transported to site by wheel barrow/tippers
Avoid newly laid surface or tacky road surface while ferrying
Spreading of cold mix
Spread cold mix in half the road-width
Required thickness with spreader
Cold mix turned black from brown
Cold mix aerated for about one hours
Compaction
Compacted with 8-10 ton road roller
Wetting of wheels

Preparation of Marshall
Specimens
1100g Blended Aggregates
4 % water content
Mix for
wetting
Addition of emulsion 7,8,9% into
aggregates
Mixing for uniform
coating
Cold mix in mould
Compaction with 75 Blows on
each face Specimens
Marshall
Specimen
Curing for 3 days at
400C
Testing for Bulk Density,
Stability, flow , Retained Stab. at

TESTING OF COLD MIX

APPLICATIONS OF BITUMEN EMULSIONS

Tack coat & priming
Crack filling and sealing
Repair of pot- holes & depression
Surface dressing
Premix Carpet
Bituminous Macadam
Microsurfacing
Repair of utility cuts

Thank you