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Abstract – Bituminous Concrete (BC) normally used in construction projects like road surfacing, airports, parking lots etc is a composite
material . It consists of asphalt or bitumen (used as a binder) and mineral aggregate which are mixed together & laid down in layers then
compacted.In these days the large increment in high traffic intensity in terms of commercial vehicles, and the compelling variation in
daily and seasonal temperature put us in a demanding situation to think of some alternatives for the improvisation of the pavement
characteristics and quality by applying some necessary modifications which shall satisfy both the strength as well as economical
aspects.Also considering the environmental approach, due to excessive use of polythene in day to day life the pollution to the environment
is increased significantly . Since the polythene is non-biodegradable the need of the current hour is to use the waste polythene in some
beneficial purposes .This paper presents a research conducted to analyse the behavior of BC mix modified with waste polythene. Various
percentages of polythene are used for preparation of mixes with a selected aggregate grading as given in the IRC Code. By preparing
Marshall samples of the concrete mix the role of polythene in bituminous is studied for various engineering properties BC mixtures with
and without polymer. Marshall properties such as stability, flow value, unit weight, air voids are used to determine optimum polythene
content for the given grade of bitumen (80/100).
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2.4. Bitumen compacted. The specification of this hammer, the
height of release etc. are given in Table – 4.1.
Asphalt binder 60/70 and 80/100 is used in this research.
10. 75 no. Of blows were given per each side of the
The bitumen used must have the following properties.
sample so subtotal of 150 no. of blows was given per
a. Grade of bitumen used in the pavements must be
sample.
selected on the basis of climatic conditions and their
11. Then these samples were marked and kept separately
performance in past.
and marked
b. It is recommended that after certification by the
supplier the bitumen shell be accepted (along with the
testing results) and the State project, verification
samples.
3. METHODOLOGY
This study consists of three stages: -
Collection of waste polythene,mixing of waste polythene
with the required bitumen concrete and finding the required
results by testing the sample .Waste plastic bags were
collected from roads, garbage trucks, dumpsites and compost
plants, rag pickers, waste-buyers .House hold polythene was
also collected for the project work, like emptymilk bags, used Fig 3.1 Prepration of marshall sample
polythene bags etc.The collected polythene waste was sorted
as per the required thickness and then cleaned by washingin
hot water for 3-4 . The dried polythene packets were cut into
tiny pieces of size 2 mm maximum. This is because when the
polythene is to be added with aggregate it is to be ensured
that the mixing will be proper. The smaller the size of the
polythene, the more is the chance of good mixing.
Bitumen was heated up to its melting point .The preheated
aggregates were kept in pain and heated on controlled gas
stove for a few minutes the polythene was added to the
aggregate and mixed for few minutes Polymer-bitumen
mixtures of different compositions were prepared and used
for carrying out tests i.e. Marshall Stability value test and
Marshal flow test.
3.1. Laboratory Tests for the calculation of results Fig 3.2 closed view of marshall sample
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f=F-I
2 3.2 14.6
3 2.9666 15.6
4 2.8666 17.76
5 2.733 15.96
Fig 4.1Marshal stability value Vs polythene content Fig4.4 Voids filled with bitumen % (VFB) Vs polythene
content %
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Table 3.3 calculation of unit weight(Gmb) and Voidsin 4.1.6 Marshal Flow curve
mineral aggerate
The curve shown in fig 4.2 drawn between Marshall flow
value and polythene content is known as Marshall flow
Polythene Unit Mean VMA curve. Fig shows the variation of Marshall flow value with
0 2.669 16.245 polythene content. After plotting the graph it was observed
1 2.619 15.081 that there is a rapid decrease of Marshall flow value with
2 2.589 14.214 increase in polythene content upto 2 % and then it starts
decreasing slowly
3 2.561 13.874
4 2.523 13.613 4.1.7 VMA curve
5 2.458 13.214
After analyzing graph shown in fig 4.5 it was observed that
voids in mineral aggregate starts decreasing with increasing
in polythene content
4.1.8 VA curve
Fig4.5 voids in mineral aggerateVs polythene content 5. Conclusions and Future Scope
5.1 Conclusions
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5.2 Future scope
After analyzing modification of bituminous concrete mix
by adding waste polythene few more waste materials like
waste rubber glass strips e.t.c. should be studied and used
for bituminous concrete mix modification in near future
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