AN EXPERIMENTAL USE OF SISAL FIBER IN HOT MIXED PAVEMENT
M.E. student, Transportation engineering, Hasmukh goswami college of engineering, India
ABSTRACT
The increase in traffic growth and maintenance expenditures demands the urgent need for building better, long-lasting, and more efficient roads preventing or minimizing bituminous pavement distresses. The Sisal fiber mixtures provide a durable surface course. In order to improve the performance for a pavement surface, the fiber additives in flexible pavement mixture were compared. Furthermore, certain groups of comparative experiments were conducted by adding the different length and different quantity of the sisal fiber toward the flexible pavement mixture by conducting various test and showing that the sisal fiber is good additive to improve performance for pavement surface. The best length and the best quantity of the sisal fiber in the flexible pavement mixture were determined and its application is very limited mainly due to the lack of proper specifications.
