STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS OF BITUMINOUS PAVING MIXTURES

Bituminous paving mixtures (BPMs) are used as surface or base layers in a pavement structure to distribute stresses caused by loading and to protect the underlying unbound layers from the effects of water. Many factors affect the ability of a BPM to meet these structural requirements. This paper, authored by members of the Transportation Research Board Committee on Characteristics of Bituminous Paving Mixtures to Meet Structural Requirements, provides a summary of some of the principal issues and challenges associated with the design and production of BPMs that can meet the ever-increasing structural needs of modern pavements.

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/millennium/00111.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper is available on the CD-ROM, Transportation in the New Millennium: State of the Art and Future Directions, Perspectives from Transportation Research Board Standing Committees. It is also available on the TRB website. 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
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  A3B05: Committee on Safety Data, Analysis, and Evaluation
  Washington, DC  United States  20418
• Authors:
  • Epps, A
  • Harvey, J T
  • Kim, Y R
  • Roque, R
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 6 p.
• Serial:
  • Transportation in the New Millennium
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bituminous construction; Bituminous mixtures; Bituminous pavements; Materials in specific structural applications; Pavement design; Pavement performance; Paving; Stresses
• Identifier Terms: Transportation Research Board
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00784244
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 24 2000 12:00AM