Predictive Modeling of Modified Asphalt Mixture Rutting Potentials: Machine Learning Approach

Understanding the Effects of Plastic Fines as a Bitumen Modifier on the Performance Properties of Hot Mix Asphalt

“…It is followed subsequently by conspicuous upheaval along the sides of the rut, fatigue cracking, and surface loss, hence decreasing pavement life [7,8] susceptibility, which is associated with the presence of moisture in the pavement, affects asphalt mixture strength and accelerates several modes of failure such as rutting, raveling, stripping, bleeding, and cracking in asphalt pavement [9], which, in turn, escalate maintenance costs [8,10,11]. Strategies to improve this failure mode, involve the incorporation of modifiers into the asphalt binders [12][13][14][15]. While most polymer-modified binders are known to improve performance, they are expensive and hard to find, which makes the production cost of the binders modified with them to be high [16,17], and availability challenges have led to the exploration of industrial-based modifiers like polymer-based waste [18][19][20][21].…”