ORIGINAL PAPER
Selection of the best aggregates to be used in road construction with TOPSIS method
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Konya Technical University, Turkey
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Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey
Submission date: 2022-11-26
Final revision date: 2023-04-04
Acceptance date: 2023-04-13
Publication date: 2023-06-12
Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi – Mineral Resources Management 2023;39(2):145-164
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
Rational and efficient development and utilization of mineral resourcesRational use of mineral raw materials
ABSTRACT
Road construction has been an ongoing engineering practice throughout human history. Although road construction technologies have changed over time, the raw material used has not changed for centuries, and it seems that it will not change in the upcoming centuries. Although some standards are used to determine the aggregate quality in road construction works, it is often complex and laborious to identify the aggregates that best meet the standards. Long-lasting and high-quality roads can be built and the most suitable aggregate is selected for the road. This study aims to select the most suitable aggregates used in hot-mix asphalt pavement production for road construction. In this study, multi-criteria decision-making methods were used for the selection of the aggregate that provides the best conditions. Aggregates used in constructing roads within the provincial borders of Ankara are produced from six stone quarries. To rank these aggregates and determine the ideal quarry for hot-mix asphalt production, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and the technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution (TOPSIS) method, which are multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods, were used. The results obtained from the tests on aggregates and hot-mix asphalts (HMA) were compared with the the best results based on the maximum and minimum limits determined in the standards. By comparing the the best results of the standards with the test results of the aggregates, weight scores were made for each test. Weight scores were scored and classified using the AHP and TOPSIS multi-criteria decision-making methods. As a result, the aggregate with the highest score and the quarry area represented by the aggregate were determined as the most suitable for hot-mix asphalt construction.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors thank the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality for their contribution to the realization of this study.
METADATA IN OTHER LANGUAGES:
Polish
Dobór najlepszych kruszyw do zastosowania w budownictwie drogowym metodą TOPSIS
kruszywo, kamieniołom, proces hierarchii analitycznej, MCDM, TOPSIS
Budowa dróg była stałą praktyką inżynierską w całej historii ludzkości. Choć technologie budowy dróg zmieniały się na przestrzeni dziejów, to stosowany surowiec nie zmienia się od wieków i wydaje się, że nie zmieni się w kolejnych stuleciach. Chociaż niektóre normy są stosowane do określania jakości kruszyw w robotach drogowych, to często skomplikowane i pracochłonne jest uszeregowanie kruszyw spełniających te normy. Trwałe i wysokiej jakości drogi można budować przy użyciu najodpowiedniejszego kruszywa dobranego do drogi. Niniejsze opracowanie ma na celu wybór najodpowiedniejszych kruszyw do produkcji nawierzchni asfaltowych na gorąco do budowy dróg. W niniejszym badaniu zastosowano wielokryterialne metody decyzyjne do wyboru agregatu, który zapewnia najlepsze warunki. Kruszywa wykorzystywane do budowy dróg w granicach prowincji Ankary produkowane są w sześciu kamieniołomach. Aby uszeregować te agregaty i określić idealny kamieniołom do produkcji gorącej mieszanki asfaltowej, zostały użyte: analityczny proces hierarchiczny (AHP) i technika preferencji zamówień na podstawie podobieństwa do metody idealnego rozwiązania (TOPSIS), które są metodami wielokryterialnego podejmowania decyzji (MCDM). Wyniki uzyskane z badań kruszyw i asfaltów na gorąco (HMA) porównano z najlepszymi wynikami wynikającymi z maksymalnych i minimalnych limitów określonych w normach. Porównując najlepsze wyniki wzorców z wynikami testów agregatów, dla każdego testu wykonano oceny wagowe. Oceny wagowe zostały ocenione i sklasyfikowane przy użyciu wielokryterialnych metod podejmowania decyzji, AHP i TOPSIS. W rezultacie kruszywo z najwyższą punktacją i obszar kamieniołomu reprezentowany przez kruszywo zostały uznane za najbardziej odpowiednie do budowy gorących mieszanek mineralno-asfaltowych.
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