SECOND PHASE STUDY OF CHANGES IN IN-SERVICE ASPHALT. VOLUME I: MAIN REPORT AND VOLUME II: APPENDICES

In response to the need to improve asphalt pavement performance, the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) was initiated in 1987. Products from SHRP included performance-based specifications for asphalt binders and performance-based mix design tests and criteria for asphalt mixtures. The Superpave asphalt binder specification addresses performance of in-service pavements for given environmental and traffic conditions. During the 1985 paving season in Indiana, the original asphalt binder and hot mix asphalt (truck mix samples) from a number of pavements were sampled and retained. Cores were also taken from these pavements after seven or eight years of service. Condition surveys were performed on these pavements, prior to coring. The study objectives were directed toward characterizing the original and extracted/recovered asphalt binders from the field samples using Superpave test methods and equipment. Taking this approach provided an early opportunity to examine a number of features of the Superpave system, including short (RTFO, rolling thin film oven) and long-term (PAV, Pressure Aging Vessel) aging. Results of this research documented the difference in stiffness between RTFO aged and asphalts extracted and recovered from loose mixtures; in addition to, the difference in stiffness between PAV aged and in-service aged asphalts, in Indiana. Additionally, asphalt stiffness was related to pavement performance. A poor relationship was found between the stiffness of RTFO aged asphalts and rutting. On the other hand, a good relationship was found between stiffness of in-service asphalts and cracking. Collected weather data from seven counties indicated agreement between calculated PG grades for these counties and recommended Superpave PG grade, based on the environmental conditions. Based on the results of this research, recommendations were made to further investigate the short- and long-term binder aging to better address variability and reliability of these procedures, to address storage conditions sometimes unavoidable for field samples, and to validate PG grades requirements for Indiana.

• Record URL:
  http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1657&context=jtrp
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• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284

  Indiana Department of Transportation

  100 N Senate Avenue
  Indianapolis, IN  United States  46204

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Galal, K A
  • White, T D
  • Hand, A J
• Publication Date: 2000-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 532 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aging (Materials); Asphalt mixtures; Binders; Condition surveys; Cores (Specimens); Mix design; Pavement cracking; Pavement performance; Performance based specifications; Rutting; Stiffness; Superpave; Weather conditions
• Identifier Terms: Strategic Highway Research Program
• Uncontrolled Terms: Sample storage
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00800186
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/IN/JTRP-99/07,, Final Report,, Project C-36-55K
• Contract Numbers: HPR-2077
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 12 2000 12:00AM