THE AASHO ROAD TEST, REPORT 5, PAVEMENT RESEARCH

THIS REPORT IS A COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARIZATION OF ALL RESEARCH RELATED TO THE TEST PAVEMENTS. IT DESCRIBES BRIEFLY THE EXPERIMENTS AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS, TEST TRAFFIC, MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS AND DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES, METHODS OF ANALYSIS, AND THE RESULTS OF THE ANALYSES. THE FIRST PART IS GENERAL IN NATURE, DESCRIBING THE BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH, FACILITIES AND METHODS OF OPERATION EMPLOYED, AND THE PRESENT SERVICEABILITY CONCEPT OF PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. THE SECOND AND THIRD PARTS DESCRIBE THE FLEXIBLE AND RIGID PAVEMENT EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS AND RESEARCH AND REPORT THE FINDINGS.

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr61/sr-61e.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Part E, 352 PP, 240 FIG, 100 TAB, 2 REF, 10 APP Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Publication Date: 1962

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 61E
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Evaluation; Flexible pavements; Pavement design; Pavement performance; Pavements; Research; Rigid pavements
• Identifier Terms: AASHO Road Test
• Old TRIS Terms: Test results
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00205580
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 21 1994 12:00AM