USE OF LDPE IN BITUMINOUS MIXES

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABBREVATIONS i
CONTENTS iii
LIST OF TABLES iv
LIST OF FIGURES iv
ABSTRACT sV
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 3
CHAPTER 3 BITUMINOUS MIX DESIGN 7
3.1 Objective Of Bituminous Mix Design 7
3.2 DESIGN
Requirements Of Bituminous & PLANNING
Mixes 7
CHAPTER 4 POLYMER MODIFICATION 7
4.1 Present Scenario 7
DESIGN & PLANNING
4.2 Waste Plastic: The Problem 8
4.3 Role Of Polyethylene In Bituminous Pavements 8
CHAPTER 5 PROCESSING DETAILS: DRY PROCESS 9
5.1 Collection Of Waste Plastic 9
5.2 Cleaning And Shredding Process 9

5.3 Shredding Machine 10

5.4 Mixing 10
CHAPTER 6 ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATION OF USING WASTE PLASTIC 14

CHAPTER 7 RAW MATERIALS 14

CHAPTER 8 EXPERIMENTAL WORK 15

CHAPTER 9 RESULT AND DISCUSSION 16

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LIST OF FIGURE
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Table no. DESCRIPTION no.
4.4 Segregation and Cleaning process 2
5.1.2 Shredding process 9
5.1.3 Waste Plastic mixed with hot aggregates 10
5.1.4 Aggregates coated with plastic 15
5.1.5 Bitumen added to coated aggregate 17
3.3 Laying of road 17
3.4 Trisool Road (Tamil Nadu) 21
3.5 Jublee Park Road (Jamshedpur) 21

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