THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE DESIGN METHOD OF ASPHALTIC MIXTURES TO PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION

THE SOLUTIONS TO THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS ARE DISCUSSED: (1) ARE AGGREGATE MATERIALS WHICH ARE LOCALLY AVAILABLE SUITABLE FOR USE IN ASPHALT PAVEMENTS; (2) IF TWO OR MORE AGGREGATES ARE TO BE BLENDED, WHAT ARE THE DESIRABLE PROPORTIONS FOR EACH; (3) WHAT PERCENT ASPHALT IN THE PAVING MIXTURE SHOULD BE USED AS A BASIS OF ESTIMATE FOR TOTAL QUANTITIES REQUIRED; AND (4) IS THE ASPHALT MIXTURE AS PRODUCED AND LAID AS A PAVEMENT OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, CONTAINING THE PROPER AMOUNT OF ASPHALT FOR THE MAXIMUM INTENDED SERVICE? ITEMS 1, 2, AND 3 INVOLVE PRELIMINARY DESIGN WORK AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED WELL IN ADVANCE OF ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION. ITEM 4 INCLUDES A FINAL DESIGN BASED ON MATERIALS ACTUALLY TAKEN FROM PLANT BINS AND INCLUDES CONSTANT SAMPLING, TESTING, AND ANALYSIS OF THE ASPHALT MIXTURE AS IT IS BEING PRODUCED. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Boyd, W K
• Conference:
  • 28th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1948-1-0 to 1948-1-0
• Publication Date: 1949-6

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 3p
• Monograph Title: Symposium On Asphalt Paving Mixtures
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Research Reports
  • Issue Number: 7B
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Applications; Asphalt content; Asphalt pavements; Bituminous mixtures; Paving; Paving materials
• Old TRIS Terms: Paving mixtures
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00211718
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 22 1972 12:00AM