Optimal Design of Mix Proportion of Hot-Mix Epoxy Asphalt Mixture for Steel Bridge Decks and Its Anti-Slip Performance

To solve the problem of the insufficient anti-slip performance of steel bridge deck wear layers, a kind of new epoxy asphalt mixture FAC-10 (Full Epoxy Asphalt Content is shortened to FAC) is proposed in this paper based on the design method of an asphalt-rich mix proportion. The FAC-10 pavement layer was tracked and tested using a pavement texture tester to study the change in its skid resistance under traffic load from a macroscopic and microscopic perspective. The influence of traffic load on the deformation of the FAC-10 wearing layer was also simulated and analyzed via lab tests. The results show that the new FAC-10 epoxy asphalt mixture is superior to the traditional EA-10 epoxy asphalt mixture in terms of skid resistance. During the monitoring and testing period, the three-dimensional (3D) structure depth of the pavement surface showed a decreasing trend followed by an increasing trend, while the density of microtexture distribution showed the opposite trend. After a wheel pressure rutting test, the rutted slab showed slight deformation and a certain degree of reduction in 3D structure depth; the deformation of the rutted slab mainly occured in the surface layer, and the internal deformation was negligible.

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