PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTHWEST

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED ON A TEST SECTION OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT TO PRODUCE NEEDED TEMPERATURE DATA FROM THE DESERT PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST. SOLAR RADIATION DATA WERE RECORDED CONCURRENTLY FOR COMPARISON WITH THE TEMPERATURE DATA. TYPICAL TEMPERATURE PATTERNS FOR EACH MONTH OF THE TEST PERIOD ARE PRESENTED AND EXPLAINED WITH THE AID OF HEAT TRANSFER THEORY. PRESENTATIONS OF THE DATA SHOW THE AVERAGE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE TEST PERIOD AS WELL AS THE TEMPERATURE DURATION AT VARIOUS LEVELS. EVALUATION OF THE STATISTICS HAS LED THE AUTHORS TO SUGGEST POSSIBLE ADDITIONS TO THE PRESENT METHODS OF TESTING ASPHALTIC CONCRETE FOR USE IN DESERT AREAS. COMPARISON BETWEEN SOLAR RADIATION AND TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIATES THE THEORY THAT SHALLOW DEPTHS ARE GREATLY INFLUENCED BY THE SUN'S ENERGY. ANALYSIS OF THE DATA SHOWS THAT PREDICTION OF PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES IS POSSIBLE WITH THE USE OF INFORMATION FROM WEATHER REPORTS OF AIR TEMPERATURE AND SOLAR RADIATION. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1971/361/361-001.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Committee on Mechanical Properties of Bituminous Pavement Mixtures and presented at the 50th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Rumney, Thomas N
  • Jimenez, R A
• Conference:
  • 50th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1971-1-18 to 1971-1-22
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-13
• Monograph Title: Asphaltic concrete pavements and constituent materials
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 361
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt concrete; Asphalt pavements; Deserts; Mechanical properties; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Temperature; Temperature measurement; Weather
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00211705
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 17 1972 12:00AM