Abstract:Aiming at revealing the variation of the contact form of coarse aggregate particles in skeleton type asphalt mixture, some contact parameters of particles such as contact number(na) of particle per unit area of cross section of image, contact length(la) of particle per unit area of cross section of image, contact number(npi) of single particle and the ratio(rpi) of contact length to circumference of single particle and their system average values(ne, le), etc. were introduced. The radius of search window was determined by the size of smaller particle in adjacent particles, and the influence of boundary particles was excluded. On this basis, the large samples contact analysis experiments about 13 type and 20 type hot asphalt mixture(HMA) were carried out. The results show that na and la can reflect the skeleton composition of 13 type and 20 type HMA, and monotonically increase with the use level(wB) of the fine component(B) in coarse aggregate. The peak positions of curves of ne wB, le wB are consistent with the valley position of curve of VCA wB, the peak positions of curves of ne wB, le wB are closed to the most tight contact state of coarse aggregate particles.The npi distribution curves of different mixtures are similar in shape. With the increase of wB, the peak of npi distribution curve shifts to the right. When the wB is 60%, the coarse aggregate particles reach the most tight contact state, and the peak of npi distribution curve begins to shift left, the rpi values of the coarse component and fine component in coarse aggregate are all to reach the maximum.