International Journal of Advanced Innovative Technology in Engineering (IJAITE)

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Used of Waste Tyres in Road Construction

Ajay V. Marotkar, Swapnil V. Meshram, Sagar I. Meshram, Laxmi B. Kumavat, Sangita B. Kumavat, Dipali E. Wandile, Prof. Sagar kitey

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The growth rate of vehicles is the backbone of the economic development of any country. India is the second fast-growing automobile industry in the world. In today’s era, solid waste management is the thrust area. On the other side, the traffic intensity is also increasing. As a result, the amount of waste tyres is also increasing. The increasing consumption of waste tires has generated many problems such as increasing landfill space, environmental pollution, and causing health hazards. Parallel to this is the increase in road construction as a result of heavy traffic on roads. This study reviews the use of crumb rubber (waste tires in powder form) in bitumen using the wet process. The study focuses on the crumb rubber as a replacement for the total weight of bitumen. The design or life span for all highways and urban roads is 10 – 20 years. Unfortunately, damages or distresses on pavements are still occurring before reaching the maximum period of the designed road serviceability. Among the major influencing factor that is contributing to this distress is the repeated heavy traffic loading on the road surfaces. Moreover, the use of waste crumb rubber in road construction as a pavement surface has a better skid resistance, fatigue crack resistance, and increased rut resistance. The review includes physical tests that are used to determine the physical properties of bitumen and modified crumb rubber mix. The physical tests involve penetration tests, softening point tests, and ductility tests. The expectations from the study are to develop bitumen with waste crumb rubber that would minimize the costs of bitumen and providing better physical properties compared to the convention bitumen based on the tests that was conducted.

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