PROBLEMS IN DETERMINING VISCOSITY OF ASPHALTS AT LOW TEMPERATURES WITH SHELL SLIDING PLATE MICROVISCOMETER

A SHELL SLIDING PLATE MICROVISCOMETER WITH IMPROVED STEEL PLATES WAS USED FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE TESTING OF ASPHALT BUT WAS FOUND TO BE INADEQUATE FOR THE STRESSES IMPOSED. THERE IS NEED FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE VISCOSITY VALUES TO ESTABLISH CRACKING OF ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS. MANUFACTURERS SHOULD REDESIGN A MICROVISCOMETER TO WITHSTAND THE STRESSES IMPOSED BY LOW-TEMPERATURE TESTING. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • ASTM STP 532
• Authors:
  • Busby, E O
  • Rader, L F
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 28-30
• Serial:
  • ASTM Special Technical Publications
  • Publisher: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt concrete; Asphalt pavements; Asphalt tests; Fracture mechanics; Low temperature; Microanalysis; Micrometers; Stresses; Viscometers; Viscosity
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00211835
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1974 12:00AM