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Laboratory investigation on hot mix asphalt mixes containing induction furnace steel slag as a partial replacement of conventional aggregate

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Long-term environmental sustainability and the secure disposal of industrial waste are important objectives of sustainable development. In light of this, this study promotes the use of induction furnace steel slag (IFS), a waste of the steel industry, in hot mix asphalt (HMA). IFS has not yet been researched as a substitute for natural granite aggregate (NGA) for producing HMA. Therefore, the main goal of this research was to determine whether it was possible to partially replace fine-sized NGA in HMA with IFS. The experimental program was divided into two phases. The chemical, morphological and volumetric expansion properties of IFS were investigated in the first phase, and laboratory tests were used in the second phase to assess how well IFS-incorporated HMA mixes performed. As a result, Marshall stability and moisture resistance increased by 21.50% and 7.06%, respectively, in the HMA mix when IFS was added up to 25%. A 136.79% improvement in flow number and a 36.01% decrease in rut depth were also achieved, which explain enhanced rutting resistance. It was revealed that the resilient modulus value increased by 5.28% and 11.82% at 25 °C and 40 °C, respectively. The findings of this research encourage using IFS as a sustainable aggregate while making HMA mixes.

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The authors are thankful to the Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, and the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, for facilitating their laboratories to complete this research work.

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Chaubey, N.K., Mishra, A.K. Laboratory investigation on hot mix asphalt mixes containing induction furnace steel slag as a partial replacement of conventional aggregate. Innov. Infrastruct. Solut. 8, 327 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-023-01293-5

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