RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DENSITY AND STABILITY OF ASPHALTIC PAVING MIXTURES

THAT AN INCREASE IN DENSITY OF AN ASPHALTIC PAVING MIXTURE RESULTS TO SOME DEGREE IN AN INCREASE IN STABILITY IS A CONCEPT IN WIDE USE TODAY. WITHIN CERTAIN LIMITS, AND DEPENDING UPON ONE'S DEFINITION OF STABILITY, THIS RELATIONSHIP MAY PROVE TO BE CORRECT. FROM EXPERIENCE, HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT DENSIFICATION OF SOME ASPHALTIC MIXTURES IN THE ROAD BY TRAFFIC OVER A PERIOD OF TIME HAS ACTUALLY RESULTED IN A DECREASE OF STABILITY. THERE EXISTS SOME LABORATORY EVIDENCE WHICH SHOWS THE SAME PHENOMENON.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 25, pp 88-108
• Authors:
  • Monismith, C L
  • Vallerga, B A
• Conference:
  • Assoc Asphalt Paving Technol Proc
• Publication Date: 1956

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt pavements; Density; Laboratory studies; Mixtures; Stability (Mechanics)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Relationships
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00210994
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Research Board Bibliography
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1994 12:00AM