Abstract:Focusing on the development of green and low-carbon highways, aiming at the environmental pollution issues of traditional warm-mix and hot-mix asphalt construction, the cold-mix and cold-paved asphalt mixtures are studied, and the impact of curing agent on the modified emulsified asphalt is specially discussed. The modified emulsified asphalt is prepared by using the water-based epoxy resin as an additive. By analyzing the different types of curing agents, the optimal curing agent is determined to be water-based epoxy resin polyamine curing agent. The optimal dosage is 26%. In the grading design, these two sets of 2.36 mm and 1.18 mm are eliminated. This discontinuous gradation is designed to create conditions for rapid water removal, which realizes the rapid increase of mixture strength. 6 sets of different cold-mix cold-paved water-based epoxy asphalt mixtures are designed with the different dosages of 0%, 6%, 8%, 10%, 12%, and 14% of water-based epoxy resin respectively. And the pavement is tested. The test results show that the higher the content of water-based epoxy resin, the higher the strength of the mixture. The immersion Marshall test and the freeze-thaw splitting test show that when the dosage exceeds 10%, the immersion residual stability and freeze-thaw splitting strength ratio both exceed 90%. The results of the high-temperature rutting test show that when the dosage is 14%, the dynamic stability of the mixture is 3 604 times/mm, and meets the relevant technical requirements of 3 000 times/mm. Finally, the optimal dosage of water-based epoxy resin for this test is determined to be 14%. Some relevant data are provided for this project, which provides some reference values for promoting the construction of green and low-carbon highways, and provides some strong supports for the sustainable development of transportation infrastructure in China.