EFFECT OF SOME AGGREGATE CHARACTERISTICS ON THE FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF AN ASPHALTIC CONCRETE MIXTURE

COARSE AGGREGATE CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS SURFACE TEXTURE, RUGOSITY, AND FLAKINESS INDEX, WERE EVALUATED UTILIZING A LABORATORY CONSTANT DEFLECTION, FLEXURAL FATIGUE TESTS AND ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO CORRELATE THESE WITH FATIGUE BEHAVIOR. SINCE PREVIOUS WORK HAD INDICATED THAT AGGREGATE SHAPE AND ROUGHNESS COULD AFFECT THE FATIGUE LIFE, IT WAS HOPED THAT THE PARTICLE INDEX, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ALL AGGREGATE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, WOULD CORRELATE WITH FATIGUE LIVE. NO CORRELATION BETWEEN PARTICLE INDEX AND FATIGUE LIFE WAS FOUND; HOWEVER, EXTREMELY HIGH VALUES OF PARTICLE INDEX MAY INDICATE A TENDENCY TOWARD LOW FATIGUE LIVE. THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF A MIXTURE CONTAINING LIMESTONE AGGREGATE AND ONE CONTAINING LIMESTONE AGGREGATE ON WHICH THE SURFACE TEXTURE HAD BEEN ROUGHENED BY ACID ETCHING. ALTHOUGH HIGH VALUES OF RUGOSITY AND FLAKINESS CAN INDICATE A PREDICTED LOW FATIGUE LIFE, LOW VALUES DO NOT NECESSARILY PREDICT NORMAL OR HIGH FATIGUE LIFE. /AUTHOR/

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  • http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/70-r2.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Virginia Highway Research Council

  Charlottesville, VA  United States 

  Virginia Department of Highways

  Richmond, VA  United States  23219

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Maupin, G W
• Publication Date: 1970-7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Asphalt concrete; Coarse aggregates; Limestone aggregates; Mechanical fatigue; Particles; Physiological fatigue; Texture
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fatigue life
• Old TRIS Terms: Aggregate characteristics; Flaking; Rugosity
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00210454
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 7 1971 12:00AM