EVALUATION OF BOILING AND STRESS PEDESTAL TESTS FOR ASSESSING STRIPPING POTENTIAL OF ALABAMA ASPHALT CONCRETE MIXTURES

Moisture produces serious distress, reduces performance, and increases the need for maintenance of asphalt concrete pavements. Although moisture is but one of many distress mechanisms contributing to pavement deterioration, it is often a major factor. Moisture damage is attributable to stripping where stripping is the loss of adhesion between aggregate and asphalt cement, or possibly loss of cohesion in the asphalt cement. Boiling tests and stress pedestal tests were performed on asphalt concrete mixes composed of materials common in Alabama. The purposes of these tests were to evaluate the laboratory procedures for (a) assessing the potential of asphalt concrete mixture stripping and effectiveness of antistripping additives and for (b) identifying mix components responsible for stripping. Results from the boil tests indicated that aggregate, asphalt cement, and additive properties affect coating retention. Implications are that each combination must be tested to assess stripping potential and that generalizations are not possible. Reasonable correlations with field performance were obtained with results from entire mixes. Results indicate that boil tests may provide valuable predictions of antistripping agent effectiveness, but that they will not identify aggregate components causing stripping. Results from the stress pedestal tests did not correlate well with field performance. In addition, there were no correlations between mix performance and the performance of individual aggregate components. Implications are that the stress pedestal test has little potential for predicting mix performance or for identifying aggregate components causing stripping for typical Alabama materials.

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• Authors:
  • Parker Jr, Frazier
  • Wilson, Michael S
• Conference:
  • 65th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1986-1-13 to 1986-1-16
• Publication Date: 1986

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 90-100
• Monograph Title: Asphalt analysis, sulfur, mixes, and seal coats
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1096
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Antistrip additives; Asphalt cement; Asphalt concrete; Boiling; Forecasting; Measures of effectiveness; Performance; Stripping (Pavements); Tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Field performance
• Geographic Terms: Alabama
• Old TRIS Terms: Boiling tests; Stress pedestal tests
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00472629
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 309041163
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 31 1987 12:00AM