USE OF THE ASPHALT PAVEMENT ANALYZER TO STUDY IN-SERVICE ASPHALT MIXTURE PERFORMANCE

Permanent deformation or rutting is a major hot mix asphalt (HMA) performance distress. Implementation of the Superior Performing Asphalt Pavement (Superpave) HMA mix design system was intended, in part, to limit HMA rutting. Along with the Superpave system, performance testing equipment was developed to evaluate rutting potential; however, this equipment proved largely ineffective. As a result, agencies developed their own performance equipment, with the Asphalt Pavement Analyzer (APA) currently being used by many agencies for HMA rutting evaluation. The Mississippi Department of Transportation is utilizing the APA to evaluate HMA performance, but does not currently have established pass/fail criteria. Field rutting analysis and coring were conducted for 24 pavements throughout Mississippi to determine in-service performance. APA testing was conducted on field cores and lab prepared specimens to evaluate mix characteristic influence on rutting and to develop APA failure criteria. Based on the analysis, an APA rut depth criteria of 6.0 mm was established for HT [>3 million Equivalent Single Axle Loads (ESALs)] mixes and 12.0 for ST (<1 million ESALs) and MT (1-3 million ESALs) mixes.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16184
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24146
• Corporate Authors:

  Mississippi State University, Mississippi State

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Mississippi State, MS  United States  39762-9546

  Mississippi Department of Transportation

  401 North West Street, P.O. Box 1850
  Jackson, MS  United States  39215-1850

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Buchanan, M S
  • White, T D
  • Smith, B J
• Publication Date: 2004-12-30

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 100 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Equivalent single axle loads; Field tests; Hot mix asphalt; Laboratory tests; Performance tests; Rutting; Superpave; Testing equipment
• Identifier Terms: Asphalt Pavement Analyzer
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00987793
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/MS-DOT-RD-04-155,, Final Report
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 31 2005 12:00AM