The use of crushed rubber crumbs when laying asphalt roads

Abstract

The use of crushed rubber crumbs when laying asphalt roads

Yakhonova D.V., Lyashenko N.V., Vyaltsev A.V.

Incoming article date: 25.12.2022

One of the most massive polymer waste of consumption is car tires that are going out of service. The disposal of such tires at a solid waste landfill is an extremely inefficient way of their disposal, entailing an increase in the area of landfills and an increase in negative environmental impact. The least financially and labor-intensive way of processing automobile tires is grinding into fractional crumbs. To reduce the costs of sorting and further grinding of tires, a shredder with a dispersion of 3 mm is used. The article suggests the use of rubber crumbs as a binder when laying highways. Studies of indicators affecting the operational parameters of asphalt pavement at different values of the mass of rubber crumbs in comparison with a clean sample were carried out and the optimal specific mass of the added crumbs was determined, which was 15-20%.

Keywords: rubber crumb, tires, asphalt mix, optimal weight