Cost-benefit Analysis of RAP Incorporated Stone Matrix Asphalt Mixtures
Lekhaz Devulapalli1, Saravanan Kothandaraman2
1ASaravanan Kothandaraman, School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.
2Lekhaz Devulapalli, School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.
Manuscript received on 02 August 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on 06 August 2019. | Manuscript published on 30 September 2019. | PP: 6146-6149 | Volume-8 Issue-3 September 2019 | Retrieval Number: C5691098319/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.C5691.098319
Open Access | Ethics and Policies | Cite | Mendeley | Indexing and Abstracting
© The Authors. Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication (BEIESP). This is an open access article under the CC-BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
Abstract: It is desirable to incorporate Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement into the asphalt mixtures, which provides several benefits i.e. economic, environmental and performance. It is necessary to study, the economic analysis of the RAP since that incur several contingencies to the asphalt mixtures. In this study, a simple approach is used to evaluate the production cost of the asphalt and RAP incorporated asphalt mixtures. Apart from that Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) is used as a rejuvenator to enhance the properties of the mixture. In this study, asphalt mixture production cost is evaluated and cost of each material is taken from the Public Works Department Standard Scheduled of Rates (PWD – SSR) and the market survey techniques are followed. From the cost-benefit ratio, it is observed that the reduction in the Optimum Binder Content (OBC) provides great economic savings to the production cost. The incorporation of the RAP reduced the asphalt content and reduced the production cost of the asphalt mixtures. The addition of the WVO further reduced the OBC but increased the production cost compared to the non-rejuvenated mixture. The increase in the production cost is due to the extra cost invested on the WVO and other contingencies.
Keywords: Economic Analysis, Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement, Rejuvenator, Waste Vegetable Oil.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences