The goal of the work was to describe properties of asphalt-cement concrete (ACC) with reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP), Portland cement, sand, and rubber powder (RP), as a material to base courses of road pavements. The mixtures were designed with the RAP in the amount of 75, 80, and 85% (m/m) and chosen cement-sand-rubber (CSR) mortar. Three CSR mortars were composed with cement CEM 42.5 R in the amount 29% (m/m); washed sand 0/2 mm in the amount 29, 35, or 41%; rubber powder of granulation 0/1 mm in the amount of 18, 24, or 29% (m/m); and water in the amount 12% fulfilled w/c = 0.4. The optimum moisture content of the selected ACC with CSR mortar determined in the modified Proctor compaction test was approximately 6% and maximum dry density 2.000 g/cm³. Laboratory tests of indirect tensile strength, stiffness modulus (IT-CY and 4PB-PR), water resistance, fatigue life, and complex modulus (E*) at different temperatures were conducted and analyzed. The test results are presented, among others, in the form: the isotherm of complex modulus, Black curve, the master curve, and the Cole-Cole plot.

Base courses with mineral-cement-emulsion mixes (MCEM) have been the subject of research, surveys and development of e.g. new requirements included in the Guidelines of 2014 [15]. In this paper the results of sample test and survey of road sections, assessment of transverse cracks and load-bearing capacity with FWD after 13 years of exploitation are presented. On the MCEM samples the following tests were carried out: resilient modulus using NAT, complex stiffness modulus (E*), phase shift angle at various temperatures and loading frequencies thereby obtaining master curves, fatigue life and low-temperature resistance by identifying the tensile stress restrained (TSRST) which allowed for general assessment of constructed base courses.

Cold recycling technology with mineral-cement-emulsion mixtures (MCEM) consists of the milling of worn road asphalt layers and shuffle got crumbled material, called the RAP, with new broken aggregate, cement and asphalt emulsion in stationary devices or by realization of all technological actions on the spot (“in situ”) using the recycler. The aim of the work was the settlement of factors having the influence on durability of bases made of MCEM which were realized by detailed aims such as: the description of structure of MCEM, the assessment of influence of temperature on strength and deformability of samples made of MCEM, the settlement of rheological properties by combined stiffness modulus and loss angle, the assessment of fatigue durability the of samples of the MMCE, the assessment of resistance for low temperature cracking (the TSRST), the analysis and interpretation of surveys in fieldworks (the FWD, the Benkelman’s beam). The main issue of investigations is the application to the dimensioning of pavement construction with base made of MCEM.

The paper presents an experimental study of deformability of beams made of cement and asphalt-cement matrices with addition of rubber powder 25÷40% in relation to binders. 4-Point Bending (4-PB) tests were performed with series of specimens after 28 days of hardening. Tests were done at various temperatures, i.e. 5°C, 23°C and 50°C. Monitoring of deformation process was fully recorded by Digital Image Correlation (DIC) system ARAMIS up to the final failure.The cracks in the asphalt-cement matrices with rubber powder initiate when stress state exceeded about 50% of their flexural strength (fct,flex2). The obtained experimental results lead to the general conclusion that addition of rubber powder to different matrices causes increase of deformability, from 2 to 3 times in relation to the pure cement matrix. Moreover, it can be stated that composite materials such as asphalt-cement concrete (ACC), mineral-cement-emulsion mixes (MCEM) with rubber powder additive are more flexible in comparison to the pure cement concrete (CC),

The paper presents analysis of pavement structural performance on the section of national road DK 19 in 2000. FWD tests and analysis of elastic deflections were made after the first and thirteenth year of exploitation. The pavement stiffness moduli were calculated using author’s programmes SF-PL and ELMOD, adopting two- and three-layer elastic half-space models. The evaluation of stiffness moduli of base course made of mineral cement-emulsion mixture (MCEM) with addition of 5% (m/m) cement and 3% (m/m) asphalt emulsion was carried out. Statistical analysis of calculations and traffic analysis were made to determine the load-bearing capacity of the pavement construction and to estimate fatigue damage. It was found that the results of calculations with the three-layer elastic half-space model are characterized by a large variation, about 2-fold higher than in the case of the of the two-layer model. The calculated mean values of stiffness moduli at average surface temperature of 22°C in 2001 and 2013 were 6,191 MPa and 4,584 MPa respectively in the model of a double-layered elastic half-space.