PERFORMANCE OF BITUMINOUS-MIX DESIGNS
REPORTS ARE MADE ON THE OBSERVED BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE OF 14 SECTIONS, EACH 1,000 FEET LONG OF BITUMINOUS CONCRETE, AND VARIOUS TYPES OF BITUMINOUS SURFACE TREATMENT OVERLAY PAVEMENT ON OLD PORTLAND-CEMENT CONCRETE. THREE TYPES OF COARSE AGGREGATE WERE USED: CRUSHED GRANITE, CRUSHED GRAVEL (ABOUT 50 PERCENT CRUSHED PARTICLES) AND UNCRUSHED GRAVEL. APPROXIMATELY 550 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM THE PLANT AND ROADWAY, DURING CONSTRUCTION AND AFTER THE PAVEMENT HAD BEEN IN SERVICE A YEAR, WITH THE LOCATION OF EVERY LOAD PLACED IN THE ROAD ACCURATLY IDENTIFIED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE UNIFORMITY OF THE PROPORTIONING AND MIXING OPERATIONS. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS IN THIS TEST IS THE DEGREE OF COMPACTION UTILIZED IN THE DESIGN PROCESS AND THE CORRELATION WITH THAT WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED IN THE FIELD. THE COMPACTIVE EFFORT IN THE LABORATORY IN THE PREPARATION OF TEST SPECIMENS SHOULD BE THE SAME AS, OR BEAR A KNOWN RELATION TO, THE FIELD COMPACTIVE EFFORT AND THE EFFECT OF TRAFFIC IN RELATION TO DENSITY AFTER ONE YEAR OF SERVICE. THE DATA SHOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP SATISFACTORY CONTROL FOR FUTURE ASPHALT-PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION FOR HEAVY-DUTY HIGHWAYS AND AID IN OBTAINING CORRELATION BETWEEN THE RESULTS OF MECHANICAL TESTS ON THE MATERIALS AND THEIR ROAD BEHAVIOR.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 33, pp 308-322. 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.
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Authors:
- Morgan, A D
- Publication Date: 1954
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 12-15, 1954
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Proceedings
- Volume: 33
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Asphalt concrete; Bituminous materials; Coarse aggregates; Compaction; Gravel; Mix design; Pavement performance; Portland cement concrete; Proportioning; Standardization; Surface treating
- Uncontrolled Terms: Crushed gravel
- Old TRIS Terms: Bituminous surface treatments
- Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00210979
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Oct 20 1970 12:00AM