Laboratory Investigation on the Interface Bonding between Portland Cement Concrete Pavement and Asphalt Overlay

Fulu Wei, Jianfeng Cao, Hongduo Zhao and Bingye Han

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2021, vol. 2021, 1-11

Abstract:

The interface bonding between Portland cement concrete (PCC) pavement and hot-mix asphalt (HMA) overlay plays an important role in the performance of the composite pavement. This research conducted a series of comprehensive laboratory studies to investigate the influence factors of the interface bonding strength using a self-designed direct shear test apparatus that can simultaneously apply normal stress and shear stress on a specimen. Four kinds of commonly used tack coat materials were systematically tested and compared under various combinations of normal stress and temperature. Then, coupling effects of the normal stress and temperature on the interface bonding between PCC and HMA were analyzed. The test results show that temperature has a significant impact on the adhesion of the tack coat. Emulsified asphalt was considered the optimal tack coat material because of its simple construction method. In addition, it was found that a damaged interface could still provide considerable bonding strength. Normal stress generated by traffic loads was beneficial to the interface bonding strength, especially at lower temperatures. The temperature had a significant effect on interface bonding and played a leading role in the failure mode of interface bonding.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1155/2021/8831287

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