Use of aggregates produced from marble quarry waste in asphalt pavements

More than 95% of asphalt pavement materials (by weight) consist of aggregates. The highway and construction industries consume a huge amount of aggregates annually causing considerable energy and environmental losses. The aggregates are usually produced from neighborhood aggregate quarries or from n...

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Published in:Building and environment 2007-05, Vol.42 (5), p.1921-1930
Main Authors: Akbulut, Hüseyin, Gürer, Cahit
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggregate
Aggregates and other concrete constituents
Applied sciences
asphalt
Asphalt pavement aggregate tests
Bitumen. Tars. Bituminous binders and bituminous concretes
Buildings. Public works
Cement concrete constituents
Construction materials
Environment
environmental perception
Exact sciences and technology
Highways
Hot mix asphalt
Marble wastes
Marshall stability and flow tests
Materials
Natural aggregates
Q1
Q3
Quarrying
Recycling
Road construction. Pavements. Maintenance
Surfacing
Transportation infrastructure
Urban areas
USA, California, Los Angeles
Waste management
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Summary:More than 95% of asphalt pavement materials (by weight) consist of aggregates. The highway and construction industries consume a huge amount of aggregates annually causing considerable energy and environmental losses. The aggregates are usually produced from neighborhood aggregate quarries or from natural aggregate sources. As a result of the increasing demands for new aggregate quarries, the general texture of earth's surface has been steadily deteriorating, causing environmental concerns. The use of marble wastes from marble quarries as aggregates might help meet the increasing demands and slow down any detrimental effects on the environment. In this study, recycled aggregates produced from homogeneous marble and andesite quarry wastes in Afyonkarahisar–Iscehisar region were compared to two other aggregate specimens currently used in Afyonkarahisar city asphalt pavements. Los Angeles abrasion, aggregate impact value, freezing and thawing, flakiness index and Marshall stability flow tests were carried out on the aggregate specimens. The test results indicate that the physical properties of the aggregates are within specified limits and these waste materials can potentially be used as aggregates in light to medium trafficked asphalt pavement binder layers.
ISSN:0360-1323
1873-684X
DOI:10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.03.012