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Resulting from the Symposium on [title], held in December 1991, at the ASTM Standardization Meetings in San Diego, this volume comprises 19 papers in four sections: aggregates; mineral fillers; mixture evaluation; and fatigue, modeling, and theoretical. Member price, $52. Annotation copyright Book N
Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) A407 recommends that aggregate gradations pass below the restricted zone as traffic level increases. This study investigated the use of natural sand in the fine and coarse gradations for the surface course mixtures. The mixtures were designed using the SUPERPAVE mix design approach and were evaluated for their performance in terms of resistance to rutting, fatigue and moisture damage. In addition, the accelerated performance of these mixtures was also evaluated using the Asphalt Pavement Analyzer.
ABSTRACT: The importance of aggregate structure on asphalt mixture performance has been well established on the basis of experience and is well documented in the literature. Furthermore, coarse aggregate structure is most important for resistance to rutting, and recent work has shown that it can also play a significant role in resistance to damage and fracture. Therefore, large enough aggregates should engage dominantly in the structure for good mixture performance. This study focused on the development of a conceptual and theoretical approach to evaluate coarse aggregate structure based on gradation. According to a well-known fact in soil mechanics, the porosity of an assemblage of granular particles (e.g., the aggregate within an asphalt mixture) must be no greater than 50% for the particles to be in contact with each other. This also implies that one can use porosity as a criterion to assure contact between large enough particles within the mixture to provide suitable resistance to deformation and fracture. A theoretical analysis procedure was developed to calculate the center to center spacing between specific size particles within a compacted assemblage of particles of known gradation. Thus, the 70/30 proportion can be used to determine whether particles on contiguous Superpave sieves can form an interactive network of particles in continuous contact with each other. The range of particle sizes determined to be interactive was referred to as the dominant aggregate size range (DASR) and its porosity must be no more than 50% for the particles to be in contact with each other. It was concluded through the extensive analysis with existing database and lab tests that porosity of the DASR may provide a good criterion for determining the suitability of gradation for dense-graded asphalt mixture. The approach should be further developed and evaluated for use in mixture design and analysis.
This volume highlights the latest advances, innovations, and applications in bituminous materials and structures and asphalt pavement technology, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the RILEM International Symposium on Bituminous Materials (ISBM), held in Lyon, France on December 14-16, 2020. The symposium represents a joint effort of three RILEM Technical Committees from Cluster F: 264-RAP “Asphalt Pavement Recycling”, 272-PIM “Phase and Interphase Behaviour of Bituminous Materials”, and 278-CHA “Crack-Healing of Asphalt Pavement Materials”. It covers a diverse range of topics concerning bituminous materials (bitumen, mastics, mixtures) and road, railway and airport pavement structures, including: recycling, phase and interphase behaviour, cracking and healing, modification and innovative materials, durability and environmental aspects, testing and modelling, multi-scale properties, surface characteristics, structure performance, modelling and design, non-destructive testing, back-analysis, and Life Cycle Assessment. The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, present a wealth of exciting ideas that will open novel research directions and foster new multidisciplinary collaborations.
This thesis addresses the impact of aggregate gradation and type on Hot Mix Asphaltic Concrete (HMAC) characteristics. Several different, but related topics are covered and results from several experiments are presented. An overview of HMAC is presented, covering factors affecting mixture characteristics and performance in addition to a review of the literature relating to aggregate gradation and type. The results of a study of construction data from the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation (SDHPT) are presented. Two laboratory studies were conducted relating to asphalt content, aggregate gradation and aggregate type. The summarized results and interpretations of these results are included. The economic impact of specifications changes currently proposed by the SDHPT to improve HMAC quality is addressed. Finally, conclusions and recommendations are drawn based on all preceding material.