Validation of the Superpave Asphalt Binder Fatigue Cracking Parameter Using an Accelerated Loading Facility
Author: Kevin D. Stuart
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 79
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Author: Kevin D. Stuart
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 79
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Frederick Hugo
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 0309069742
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 325: Significant Findings from Full-Scale Accelerated Pavement Testing documents and summarizes the findings from the various experimental activities associated with full-scale accelerated pavement testing programs.
Author: Nelson Gibson
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 253
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe primary objective of this full-scale accelerated pavement testing was to evaluate the performance of unmodified and polymer modified asphalt binders and to recommend improved specification tests over existing SUperior PERforming Asphalt PAVEment (Superpave) binder performance grading methodologies. Candidate replacement tests were evaluated via their ability to discern fatigue cracking resistance and rutting. Two fatigue cracking specification tests were identified as more capable in capturing performance than others: binder yield energy and critical tip opening displacement. Two rutting specification tests that quantify irrecoverable deformations exhibited the best strength to capture rutting: multiple stress creep and recovery and oscillatory-based nonrecoverable stiffness. Based on the full-scale performance and laboratory tests, crumb rubber (recycled tires) modified asphalt (Arizona wet process) was shown to significantly slow or stop the growth of fatigue cracks in a composite asphalt pavement structure. A hybrid technique to modify asphalt with a combination of crumb rubber and conventional polymers (terminally blended) exhibited good fatigue cracking resistance relative to the control binder. Also, a simple addition of polyester fibers to asphalt mix was shown to have high resistance to fatigue cracking without the use of polymer modification. The research study also quantified the capabilities of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program's mechanistic-empirical pavement design and analysis methodologies to predict rutting and fatigue cracking of modified asphalts that were not captured in the calibration data from the Long-Term Pavement Performance program. Falling weight deflectometer, multidepth deflectometer, and strain gauge instrumentation were used to measure pavement response. The results illustrated that the nationally calibrated mechanistic-empirical performance models could differentiate between structural asphalt thickness but had difficulty differentiating modified from unmodified asphalt binder performance. Nonetheless, the mechanistic-empirical performance ranking and predictions were enhanced and improved using mixture-specific performance tests currently being implemented using the asphalt mixture performance tester.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 2172
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 2186
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Eugene Skok
Publisher: DEStech Publications, Inc
Published: 2012-12-21
Total Pages: 870
ISBN-13: 1605951005
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book comprises over 30 new and not previously published technical papers from the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists on all phases of asphalt research and applications, including mixing, mixture elements, and testing. Includes an accompanying CD-ROM.
Author: Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 938
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 882
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Wilfung Martono
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 128
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