Transport and Communications Science Journal, Vol 71, Issue 8 (10/2020), 973-983 973 Transport and Communications Science Journal EVALUATION OF THE EFECTS OF NYLON WASTE AS A BINDER ON ELASTIC MODULI OF ASPHALT CONCRETE Nguyen Hong Quan 1 , Chu Tien Dung 2* , Nguyen Quang Phuc 2 , Luong Xuan Chieu 2 1 PhD Student, Highway and Traffic Engineering, University of Transport and Communications, No 3 Cau Giay Street, Hanoi, Vietnam 2 Highway and Traffic Engineering, University of Transport and Communications, No 3 Cau Giay Street, Hanoi, Vietnam ARTICLE INFO TYPE: Research Article Received: 11/7/2020 Revised: 26/8/2020 Accepted: 9/9/2020 Published online: 28/10/2020 https://doi.org/10.47869/tcsj.71.8.8 * Corresponding author Email: dungchu@utc.edu.vn Abstract. Recently, plastic wastes including nylon bag have been becoming a critical issue in many countries worldwide as well as Vietnam. Towards a substainable development, the trend of recycling types of plastic waste is a target of many nations. In transportation field, the use of nylon waste as a binder for asphalt concrete (AC) has been sucessfully applied in some countries. In Vietnam, there have been some studies regarding this topic. Aiming to use nylon waste for AC, this paper evaluates the effects of nylon waste on AC elastic moduli including static elastic modulus, dynamic elastic modulus and complex elastic modulus. The results showed that the nylon waste helps to increase the elastic modulus of AC. Keywords: nylon waste, asphalt concrete, static elastic modulus, dynamic elastic modulus and complex elastic modulus. © 2020 University of Transport and Communications