Field study evolution on a porous asphalt mixture pavement containing ladle furnace slag

A three-year study tracking the performance of a novel, environmentally sustainable pavement, a Porous Asphalt (PA) mix incorporating Ladle Furnace (LF) slag, is presented in this paper. A thin layer of this material was applied over an existing pavement, in a pilot project of approximately 300 m2....

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Autores: Skaf Revenga, Marta, Espinosa González, Ana Belén, Ortega López, Vanesa, Revilla Cuesta, Víctor, Manso Villalaín, Juan Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Burgos (UBU)
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU)
OAI Identifier:oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/9872
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9872
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Durability
Field testing
Ladle furnace slag
Leaching
Permeability
Porous asphalt pavement
Skid resistance
Ingeniería civil
Materiales de construcción
Hormigón-Ensayos
Civil engineering
Building materials
Concrete-Testing
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Sumario:A three-year study tracking the performance of a novel, environmentally sustainable pavement, a Porous Asphalt (PA) mix incorporating Ladle Furnace (LF) slag, is presented in this paper. A thin layer of this material was applied over an existing pavement, in a pilot project of approximately 300 m2. The main results of the research refer to the successful scaling up from laboratory design to full-scale manufacturing, laying, and compaction, validating the use of up to 10 % LF slag in the mixture. The pavement demonstrated satisfactory durability in terms of resistance to abrasion, accelerated aging, frost, and humidity. The leaching behavior of the mixture remained well below regulatory limits. Over the three-year monitoring period, skid resistance remained stable, consistently exceeding 70 BPN (British Pendulum Number), while the permeability coefficient in dust-protected areas was maintained at 10⁻¹ cm/s. Moreover, visual inspections revealed no surface deficiencies throughout the study.