Análise do fluxo d’água em revestimentos asfálticos com diferentes permeabilidades

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Wellington Lorran Gaia
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Transportes; Permeabilidade; Granulometria; Misturas de emulsão asfáltica
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/14675

The deleterious effect of water is a major factor responsible for the distresses in flexible pavements. Inside the structure, the water can interfere in the binder/aggregate adhesion and in the cohesion of the binder itself, accelerating damage mechanisms such as fatigue damage and permanent deformation. Thus, studying the behavior of the pavement in the presence of water is crucial to predict the behavior of this structure. For the water transport inside the material it is necessary an interconnection of voids. However, the distribution of voids with the depth of the surface layer is non homogeneous, as well as the anisotropic condition of asphalt mixtures results in different voids distribution in horizontal and vertical directions. The coefficient of permeability (k) has been a parameter commonly used for characterizing the drainage capacity of asphalt mixtures. However, the k is constant only for a saturated state, while for the unsaturated state, k is function of the amount of water present in the voids. For most engineering structures, including asphalt pavements, the unsaturated state is predominant. In this context, this study aims to evaluate, through numerical simulation, the flow of water in a hypothetical section of asphalt pavement with different asphalt mixtures with different permeabilities. In total, they were evaluated six Asphalt Concrete (AC) mixtures with different Air Voids (AV - 4% and 7%), and three different heights (6.5 cm, 12cm and 15cm for each AV). Samples with 15cm and 12cm height were cuted in three parts (top, middle and base) in order to verify the permeability behavior with the depth of the sample. The results indicate that the distribution of voids changes with the height of the sample and consequently also changes the k value with the depth. Results obtained from 12cm height samples indicate that the permeability decreases with depth when compared to results obtained for 15cm height samples. Furthermore, it was found that the distribution of the saturation level in the surface layer decreases as the surface layer approaches the edge of the structure. Finally, the samples with 7% AV have a higher drainage capacity, and hence are more susceptible to moisture damage compared with samples with 4% AV.