ASPHALT RESEARCH AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. FIFTH NATIONAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING CONFERENCE, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 24-29 SEPTEMBER, 1989

The AAPA (Australian Asphalt Pavement Association) 3 year $750,000 programme of asphalt research uses a systematic and scientific approach to achieve improvement in asphalt technology, which will come with a better knowledge and understanding of the fundamental structural properties of asphalt. The development and standardisation of asphalt test methods and equipment will enable the fundamental structural properties of asphalt to be measured and will provide the basic performance data by which innovative materials may be rationally judged. Ultimately, it will be possible to specify asphalt mixes in terms of their fundamental properties, enabling mixes to be tailored to the design use. The ability to accurately specify tailored mixes can have substantial economic benefit as a consequence of significantly improved performance. This benefit is likely to be significant in Local Government because of the great diversity of their pavement requirements. If these benefits are to be realised, the participation and cooperation of Local Government Engineers is vital. Assistance is sought for the construction and observation of full scale trials which utilise the products of research on the existing road network in order that the laboratory performance data is validated and calibrated for field conditions. The conduct of such trials will involve some risk. The risk is small; the potential pay back is large, from significant performance gains which can be anticipated across the entire spectrum of asphalt pavements. (TRRL)

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  Institution of Engineers

  11 National Circuit
  Barton, A.C.T.,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Rickards, I
• Publication Date: 1989-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 95-99
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Institution of Engineers, Australia
  • Publisher: Institution of Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt mixtures; Asphalt pavements; Conferences; Local government; Mix design; Pavement design; Performance evaluations; Properties of materials; Test procedures; Testing equipment
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00609823
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0-85825-471-9
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1991 12:00AM