COOPERATIVE MATERIALS TESTING PROGRAMS AT THE AASHO ROAD TEST

DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AASHO ROAD TEST IN 1957 AND 1958, SAMPLES OF EMBANKMENT SOIL, SUBBASE MATERIAL, AND BASE MATERIAL WERE SENT TO MORE THAN 60 INTERESTED AGENCIES AS PART OF A COOPERATIVE MATERIALS TESTING PROGRAM. RETURNS FROM 61 STATE HIGHWAY, UNIVERSITY, CANADIAN PROVINCIAL, AND OTHER LABORATORIES ARE SUMMARIZED IN THIS REPORT. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO PROVIDE FOR THE INTERESTED AGENCIES A FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE OF THE ROAD TEST MATERIALS, TO BE USED IN APPLYING ROAD TEST FINDINGS TO THEIR AREAS. A SECOND PURPOSE WAS TO SECURE INFORMATION AND TEST DATA NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH NORMAL FACILITIES AT THE ROAD TEST SITE. BECAUSE EACH LABORATORY WAS FREE TO SELECT ITW OWN TEST PROCEDURES, THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE VARIATION IN BOTH PROCEDURES AND TEST VALUES. THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES THE DATA BY TYPE OF TEST, GIVES PERTINENT INFORMATION ON TEST VARIABLES AND PROCEDURES, AND ALLOWS COMPARISONS OF VALUES WHERE POSSIBLE. DISCUSSION OF THE DATA AND COMPARISONS AMONG LABORATORIES ARE INCLUDED. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr66/66-005.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 59-102, 17 FIG, 36 TAB, 60 REF, 2 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
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Research Board

  Washington, DC   
• Authors:
  • Shook, J F
  • Fang, H Y
• Conference:
  • 40th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 1961-1-9 to 1961-1-13
• Publication Date: 1961

Media Info

• Monograph Title: AASHO road test; technical staff papers
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 66
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Base course (Pavements); Embankments; Materials tests; Soils; Subbase materials; Test procedures
• Identifier Terms: AASHO Road Test
• Old TRIS Terms: Test results
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207043
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 29 1994 12:00AM