Investigation of Behavioral Characteristics of Roller Compacted Concrete Containing Recycled Asphalt Pavements

Highway construction industry produces millions of tons of recycled asphalt annually, large amounts of which usually remain unusable and occupy the stockpile areas. Therefore, the suitable use of these materials is inevitable. Although, using of recycled asphalt pavements (RAP) in asphalt mixtures is common, there are few consideration about using of these materials in Portland cement concrete especially roller compacted concrete. In this study, RAP materials were used as coarse aggregates, fine aggregates, and both fine and coarse aggregates in the Roller compact concrete mixes. The energy absorbency of specimens were analyzed with the force-deformation curves that obtained from the three-point flexural test. Results revealed the beneficial effects of the RAP material on the energy absorbency or material flexibility. Based on the laboratory results, replacing the coarse part with RAP will achieve an intermediate mixture which exhibited higher flexibility than the reference specimen and higher strength than two other mixes which containing fine RAP and both parts of RAP.