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| Project Leader: | Fawaz Kaseer fawazkaseer@tamu.edu Civil Engineering |
| Faculty Mentor: | Amy Epps Martin Ph.D. |
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Monday 8-9 AM |
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Team Size:
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4 (Team Full) |
| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Description:
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“Economic and environmental considerations have prompted the use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) in asphalt mixtures. However, due to the concerns about long-term pavement performance, including low cracking resistance of the recycled asphalt mixtures, State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) tend to limit the quantities of the recycled materials unless certain mixture modifications are made, including using recycling agents (RA). The effect of recycling agents in improving the cracking resistance of recycled asphalt mixtures had been investigated by the research team for a limited set of materials from three different field projects in Texas (TX), Indiana (IN), and Nevada (NV), using a number of tools and laboratory tests. The objective of this research project in summer 2017 is to validate the evaluation tools and laboratory tests to include different materials from two different field projects in Wisconsin (WI) and Delaware (DE). “ |