Investigation of textile waste usage in stone mastic asphalt (SMA) mixtures

Stone mastic asphalt pavements are preferred worldwide as they more resistant to heavy traffic loads. The stone pavement design involves the use of 70-80% coarse aggregate, 8-12% filler, 5-7% binder, and approximately 0.3-0.5% fibre. gap-graded structure high binder content cause bitumen drain down from aggregates. Marshall test Schellenberg drainage performed in this research on samples prepared with different quantities textile waste cellulose results show that can be used instead traditional fibres.