
Gilberto Martinez-ArguellesUniversidad del Norte | Uninorte · Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Gilberto Martinez-Arguelles
M.Sc, Ph.D
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The work presented in this paper was carried out to statistically evaluate and quantify the material-source effect on the asphalt-binder’s rheological properties using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Tukey’s Honestly Significant Difference (Tukey´s HSD) test. The study focused on the Asphalt-Binders’ high-temperature rheological properties, namely...
The construction and maintenance of road infrastructure is required for the sustained economic growth of communities and societies. Nonetheless, these activities imply the tangible risk of boosting the depletion of non-renewable resources (e.g., aggregates and binders). A widely used strategy for preserving as much of these natural resources as pos...
Portland cement concrete (PCC) is the construction material most used worldwide. Hence, its proper characterization is fundamental for the daily-basis engineering practice. Nonetheless, the experimental measurements of the PCC’s engineering properties (i.e., Poisson’s Ratio - v -, Elastic Modulus - E -, Compressive Strength -ComS-, and Tensile Stre...
This investigation aims to explore the feasibility of using Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) as a partial replacement for Natural Aggregates (NAs) in the production of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) and Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA). As WMA technology, Iterlow T (a chemical additive) was selected. For both types of asphalt mixtures, the RCA dosages of 0, 15, 30 a...
Regarding the traditional Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA), Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) with Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) contents (WMA-RCA) requires lower production temperatures and diminishes the consumption of natural aggregates (NAs). Nonetheless, these environmental benefits may be counteracted by the higher optimal asphalt binder demanded by theWMARCAs...
Continuous research efforts have been developed in the literature to raise the sustainability components of the road infrastructure industry, i.e., reduce potential contaminants and augment financial profitability. In this regard, this investigation aims to explore the feasibility of producing Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) with the inclusion of Recycled Co...
The road infrastructure industry consumes elevated economic resources and generates vast environmental impacts on the planet. Nevertheless, the construction and maintenance of pavements are necessary to guarantee the economic growth of the communities. In this way, finding novel methods, materials, and techniques is essential to achieve a more sust...
Graphene is a carbon-based nanomaterial used in various industries to improve the performance of hundreds of materials. For instance, graphene-like materials have been employed as asphalt binder modifying agents in pavement engineering. In the literature, it has been reported that (in comparison to an unmodified binder) the Graphene Modified Asphal...
Warm Mix Asphalts (WMAs) are asphalt concretes produced at lower temperatures than traditional Hot Mix Asphalts (HMAs). Nonetheless, the above is not enough to diminish the environmental impacts associated with the road infrastructure industry. Accordingly, incorporating Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) as a partial replacement for Natural Aggrega...
In this research, two components were developed jointly: On the one hand, an experimental plan was created to obtain specific variables of the concrete and serve as a reference for the second model, a numerical and computational type created to address the variability in parameters, such as the elasticity and flow of coarse aggregate and mortar. Th...
El óptimo diseño de una estructura de pavimento depende de la apropiada caracterización de las variables. Notablemente, la variable tránsito es tradicionalmente estimada basándose en las cargas muertas/estáticas de los vehículos comerciales que transitarán por el pavimento durante su vida útil, sin embargo, en la realidad, las cargas que se desarro...
Crumb rubber (CR) is one of the materials most widely used in the road infrastructure industry due to its mechanical and environmental benefits as an asphalt binder modifier.
Nonetheless, CR decreases the workability of mixes by increasing the viscosity of the binder, leading to an increase in the production temperatures of asphalt mixes. However,...
The transport infrastructure is crucial to maintaining the interconnection of urban, rural, and commercial centres , thus allowing the socioeconomic growth of populations and communities. Nevertheless, due to the ageing phenomenon, the useful life of asphalt pavements is significantly reduced. Therefore, a greater consumption of financial resources...
Debido a los beneficios mecánicos y medioambientales asociados, el grano de caucho (GCR) se ha utilizado ampliamente en la industria de la infraestructura vial para mejorar el rendimiento del ligante asfáltico. De este modo, se logran varios beneficios, tales como, una mayor vida útil, una mayor resistencia a la intemperie, un aumento en la resiste...
En los últimos años, el crecimiento acelerado de la población y la demanda de productos que generen desarrollo en la sociedad es cada día mayor, generando un sinnúmero de impactos negativos en el medio ambiente. Por su parte, en la ingeniería civil, la necesidad de infraestructuras viales ha aumentado considerablemente. Teniendo en cuenta los diver...
Unlike conventional pavements with a service life of 20~30 years, perpetual pavements (PPs) are designed to have a 50-year service life without requiring major maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) activities. In this way, PPs are more cost-effective than conventional rigid pavements (CRPs) and conventional flexible pavements (CFPs). Nonetheless, ev...
Due to the associated mechanical and environmental benefits, Crumb Rubber (CR) has been used extensively in the road infrastructure industry to improve asphalt binder performance. In this way, several benefits are achieved: longer service life, higher resistance to weathering, more prominent rutting resistance, and less susceptibility to fatigue cr...
A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was undertaken to compare the potential environmental impacts associated with the use of Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) as a partial replacement of natural aggregates in the production of Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA), with those of a conventional Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA). The LCA was conducted according to the ‘cradle-to-lai...
In this research, a methodology was developed to optimize the design of Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) with the inclusion of three recycled materials as partial replacement of natural aggregates (NAs), namely Crumb Rubber (CR), Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP), and Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA). The methodological proposal is composed of 4 sections den...
Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) is a type of asphalt concrete with growing notoriety in the paving industry since they generate economic and environmental benefits compared to traditional alternatives. Various techniques have been studied to maximize the sustainability components present in WMAs, including the Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) inclusion as...
This study is focused on the effect of crumb rubber (CR) particle size on the physical, chemo-rheological, UV ageing resistance and storage stability of high-content rubberised bitumen. Two CR gradations, #30 (coarser) and #50 (finer), were selected for this study. The blends were prepared by mixing 22.5% CR (by weight of base bitumen) into 50/70 p...
The Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) is a Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) distress of greater relevance worldwide, and several authors have successfully mitigated ASR with improved concrete mixture formulations. These concrete mixtures are mainly associated with incorporating Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCM), which usually involve recycled mat...
This study investigates the chemical index model effectiveness in predicting the minimum replacement of several types of Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCMs) to mitigate the potential Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) in concrete. The experimental program results evaluating four natural aggregates (AF1, AF2, AF3, and AF4) and two Recycled Concret...
This study was conducted to quantitatively and statistically evaluate the effects of material source on the ductility of asphalt-binders, measured in terms of the elastic recovery (ER) property. The ER data used in the study were excerpted from the Texas flexible pavements and overlays database, namely, the Texas Data Storage System (DSS), covering...
h i g h l i g h t s HMA containing several contents of RCA from different sources were studied. Results showed that the mixes with RCA exhibited a similar behavior to that of conventional HMA. HMA mix-design with coarse RCA fraction satisfied the requirements of national specifications. Performance of mixes with RCA was found to be highly dependent...
In this study a comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) was conducted according to a ‘cradle-to-laid’ approach to evaluate the potential environmental impacts related to the use of recycled concrete aggregates (RCAs) as a partial replacement of coarse natural aggregates in the production of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA). Specifically, three percentages of...
This paper presents the results of a comparative life cycle assessment undertaken to compare the potential environmental impacts associated with the use of Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) as a partial replacement of natural aggregates in the production of Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA), with those of a conventional Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA). Laboratory testi...
Quantification of the pavement serviceability is most often based on the international roughness index (IRI). However, in urban environments it can become challenging to drive at 80 km/h as vehicle operating speeds are much lower, among other limitations associated with the use of IRI as an indicator of ride quality in the urban context. This study...
Life-cycle assessment (LCA) is a systematic methodology used to assess the potential environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product or system. Generally, the LCA is performed for all stages of the evaluated product; nevertheless, based on the goal and scope of an LCA study, several phases may be considered, whereas others may be...
The environmental impacts of natural aggregates (NA) and recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) production for use in road pavements have been evaluated in this study through an attributional life cycle assessment (LCA) from cradle to gate. Such effort is relevant considering the increasing interest of national agencies in applying recycled aggregates...
The Construction Industry around the world generates the largest amount of waste and uses generally tons of non-renewable natural resources. Recently, the use of Construction Waste and Demolition (C&WD) in different construction fields has been reported by different authors as its composition includes a wide range of materials. One example of C&WD...
Cold mix recycling technologies based on asphalt emulsion have been acknowledged for allowing to reduce the environmental burdens associated with road pavement maintenance and rehabilitation. In fact, mixing and placement are conducted at lower temperatures leading to energy savings, a reduction of asphalt aging, fume and odour releasing, and a gen...
The serviceability models available on the literature are generally applicable to interstate highways and rural roads. The present paper aims to develop alternative modelling approaches that can be applied when assessing the pavement serviceability of urban roads in developing countries. More than sixty (60) rigid urban pavement sections with diffe...
Portland cement concrete (PCC) has been the most widely used concrete in the construction industry. However, PCC has a short service life under some aggressive environments, leading to the need of costly repairs. The purpose of this research was to implement local materials to produce a modified sulfur concrete (MSC) with better performance in indu...
The present work describes different stages that the Urban Development Institute (IDU) has addressed to achieve the adequate and correct application of crumb rubber modified (CRM) asphalt mixtures. The first research stage in the laboratory included an exhaustive analysis of the mechanical properties of the mixtures, according to asphalt mixture ty...
The present work describes different stages that the Urban Development Institute (IDU) has addressed to achieve the adequate and correct application of crumb rubber modified (CRM) asphalt mixtures. The first research stage in the laboratory included an exhaustive analysis of the mechanical properties of the mixtures, according to asphalt mixture ty...
The enhancement of mechanical properties and long term performance of hot mix asphalt (HMA) should be considered as a goal in order to achieve a transport infrastructure really sustainable. However, this issue becomes a difficult task, if conventional HMA are used. In fact, performance of conventional HMA, usually presents poor long term performanc...
The use of RAP (Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement) in new asphalt pavements could potentially generate environmental footprint reduction especially in terms of raw-material consumption. This investigation aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the addition of rejuvenator and plastomeric polymer on the performance of high RAP content (40%) asphalt mixture....
Cold mix recycling technologies based on asphalt emulsion have been acknowledged for allowing to reduce the environmental burdens associated with road pavement maintenance and energy savings, a reduction of asphalt aging, fume and odor releasing, and a general decrease of airborne emissions. However, there are still several concerns related to the...
Pervious concrete is a novel pavement material characterized by a porous structure that allows the water to percolate through it with consequent numerous environmental benefits. However, high-drainability characteristics do not generally correspond to high strength and good surface conditions when submitted to vehicular traffic, hence, to date, the...
El reciclaje de pavimentos es una práctica eco-sostenible que promueve la reducción del
empleo de materiales vírgenes, reduce el costo de inversión y mantenimiento de la
infraestructura, limita el consumo de combustibles y al mismo tiempo emisiones de CO2. La
adición de residuos sólidos con potenciales características físicas y químicas a las mezcl...
Foaming additives (FA) have been developed for improving foaming characteristics on bitumens which do not comply with minimum requirements for producing foamed bitumen mixes (FBM). In addition, fiber-reinforcement (FR) inclusion on hot mix asphalt has shown important improvement on the mix mechanical properties. For instance, some reported benefits...
Foamed asphalt mixes are gaining ground as effective alternatives to asphalt base and sub-base standard layers in Europe and in other countries worldwide. As a significant amount of research is being conducted to advance sustainable practices for road pavements, foaming asphalt mixes have become a valid option to common asphalt paving technologies....
Macrotexture is a fundamental parameter used to characterize the frictional properties of a pavement surface. In models such as the international friction index (IFI), macrotexture is used to quantify the speed sensitivity of wet friction measurements on a given pavement surface. IFI is primarily a statistical model, in which the pavement macrotext...
The paper presents a review of the Bogota bike-path network management system. The results of the study showed that it is necessary to establish a specific manual for bicycle paths with the potential damage in such structures. The prediction of the distress on the bike paths requires the definition of monitoring sections to feed a database that all...
Deformation of Asphaltic Mixtures in the Met The paper presents a review of the Bogota bike-path network management system. The results of the study showed that it is necessary to establish a specific manual for bicycle paths with the potential damage in such structures. The prediction of the distress on the bike paths requires the definition of mo...
The present work studies the effect of the exposure of a bituminous binder (Barranca 80/100), to radiation UVB (Ultraviolet type B) alternating with periods of condensation. In addition, the effect of this radiation on a type of asphalt mixture was analyzed. The rheological properties in the binder were also ana- lyzed after RTFOT(Rolling Thin Film...