Performance Of Zycosoil– A Nano Material As An Additive With Bituminous Concrete Mix

Abstract

Road sectors are the engines of growth for economy, employment and empowerment. Towns and cities have acted as focal points in the cultural landscape of India for nearlymillennia, though with some significant breaks in between. They continue to play a major role in India's emergence as a premier industrial and political power in the world. Owing to increases in household income, the demands for personalized vehicles have also increased. The booming trade in the commercial vehicle sector has changed the truck industry in India, and definitely for the betterment to meet the demands of industrial activities putting more pressure on VG 30 flexible roads, the effect is noted more significantly with variations in daily and seasonal temperatures contributing to high stresses affecting the flexible pavement. India is brimming with several bad roads be it the metro cities, the cities or the villages. Hence it is our major responsibility that the highway engineers and those associated to it can construct long-lasting roads. So that India can be at par with the developed countries of the world. In order to cope up with the increasing trend of highly laden vehicles, new innovative materials needs to be utilized for highway construction. The present paper thus enlightens theprocedure to find out optimum bitumen content by Marshall Mix design method for BC mix which attains maximum stability by using innovative nanotechchemical material. To 5.4 % optimum bitumen content for BC mix obtained in the laboratory investigations, required dosages of Zycosoil chemical in 0.02%, 0.03% and 0.04% is added and changes in properties are recorded showing improved good results for the mix to be suggested for flexible pavement construction.