FIELD VALIDATION OF STATISTICALLY-BASED ACCEPTANCE PLAN FOR BITUMINOUS AIRPORT PAVEMENTS. VOLUME 2. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF MARSHALL PROPERTIES OF PLANT-PRODUCED BITUMINOUS MATERIALS

Two aspects concerning evaluation by the Marshall method of bituminous airport pavement construction were addressed. Results from field Marshall and extraction tests were analyzedto identify correlations among the Marshall properties--stability, flow, and air voids--and asphalt content and aggregate gradation. This was done to evaluate the implementation of a multiple price adjustment system based on Marshall properties, and for the development of mathematical models for estimating each property from the percent asphalt content and aggregate gradation. Data were obtained from 5 airport paving projects; however, 2 of these such small tonnages that there were not sufficient data to prove meaningful. A moderately low negative correlation exists between stability and air voids, while no statistically significant correlation was found to exist between stability and flow. The flow and air voids correlations were not consistent among the two projects considered, witt one suggesting a moderately low negative correlation, and the other no statistically significant one. The mathematical models developed for stability, flow, and air voids from extracted asphalt content and aggregate gradation were not good predictors of those properties. This probably due to primarily to the relatively high sampling and testing variability associated with the field extraction tests.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 3, AD-A153471.
• Corporate Authors:

  Clemson University

  Department of Civil Engineering
  Clemson, SC  United States  29634
• Authors:
  • Burati, J L
  • Seward, J D
  • Busching, H W
• Publication Date: 1984-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 70 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceptance tests; Aggregate gradation; Air voids; Airport runways; Asphalt content; Bituminous pavements; Correlation analysis; Marshall test; Mathematical models; Statistical analysis; Validation
• Old TRIS Terms: Air voids content; Marshall stability marshall stability & flow test flow
• Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450261
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOTFAAPM-84/12-VOL-2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 8:58PM