USE OF ASTM TESTS TO PREDICT LOW-TEMPERATURE STIFFNESS OF ASPHALT MIXES

This investigation tested the reliability of ASTM tests to predict low-temperature stiffness of mixes made with a wide variety of asphalts. Mix stiffnesses obtained from creep tests performed with a new low-cost non-destructive method on ordinary Marshall or Hveem specimens were compared with ASTM stiffnesses. The relationship reported between thermally induced pavement cracking and Tl or the temperature at which the 10,000-sec asphalt stiffness is 20,000 psi (138 000 5Pa) is qualitatively supported by field tests. Tl estimated from ASTM penetration at 39.2 F (4 C), along with the ASTM penetration at 77 F (25 C) or the viscosity at 140 F (60 C) on rolling thin film (RTF-C) oven residua, correlates well with the measured Tl. The use of penetration at 39.2 F (4 C) is supported as a specification requirement. Good correlation was also found on asphalts recovered from the mixes. Tl correlated poorly with penetration at 77 F along with softening point or viscosity at 140 F on both RTF-C and recovered residua. Tl estimated from viscosities at 140 F, along with viscosities at 275 F on RTF-C or recovered residua, show no correlation with measured Tl. Resistance to low-temperature thermally induced cracking should not be implied on diverse types of asphalts from high-temperature viscosity measurments. Ductilities at 45 F show no correlation with L. A modified asphalt test data chart that permits the low-temperature stiffness of asphalts to be determined from normal ASTM penetration tests is given.

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• Authors:
  • Schmidt, R J
• Discussers:
  • Davis, Richard L
• Conference:
  • 54th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia
  • Date: 1975-1-13 to 1975-1-17
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 35-45
• Monograph Title: Asphalt properties and performance
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 544
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt; Bituminous mixtures; Creep tests; Field tests; Forecasting; Low temperature; Nondestructive tests; Oven tests; Pavement cracking; Pendulum tests; Reliability; Stiffness; Temperature; Testing; Thin films; Viscosity
• Uncontrolled Terms: Thin film oven test
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128540
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309023998
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM