DESIGN AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR THERMAL CRACKING IN ASPHALT CONCRETE
This paper describes and demonstrates a reliability based mix design and analysis system for thermal cracking in asphalt concrete pavements. Asphalt-aggregate mixture performance in terms of low-temperature cracking and thermal fatigue is assessed independently for each type of cracking in the specified environment. Reliability factors are introduced into this assessment to account for the level of risk assumed by the engineer and the inherent variability in the estimates of mixture resistance to induced thermal stresses and the environmental demand in terms of conditions promoting either type of thermal cracking. Mixture resistance is measured in two laboratory tests, and environmental demand is estimated from predicted surface pavement temperatures. The paper concludes with an example of the analysis described, comparing unmodified and crumb-rubber modified mixture performance at different levels of reliability in a high elevation desert climate. The system presented is recommended as a mix design and analysis tool for evaluating unmodified and modified asphalt-aggregate mixture performance in harsh climates where thermal cracking is of concern.
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Corporate Authors:
American Society of Civil Engineers
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Authors:
- Epps, A
- Publication Date: 2000-7
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 300-307
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Serial:
- Journal of Transportation Engineering
- Volume: 126
- Issue Number: 4
- Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
- ISSN: 0733-947X
- Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aggregate mixtures; Asphalt; Asphalt concrete; Asphalt concrete pavements; Crumb rubber; Deserts; Elastomer modified asphalt; Laboratory tests; Low temperature; Mix design; Pavement cracking; Reliability (Statistics); Surface course (Pavements); Surface temperature; Thermal fatigue; Thermal stresses
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00795649
- Record Type: Publication
- Contract Numbers: DMS-9313013, DMS-9208758, PolyU 5043/99E
- Files: TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Jul 14 2000 12:00AM