Design of Asphalt Pavements

Design of Asphalt Pavements

for Hot Arid Climates
for Hot Arid Climates
Design of Asphalt Mixtures
Design of Pavement Structure
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Design of Asphalt Mixtures
Current ways to specify asphalt mixture
properties:
Marshall Mix Design
Hveem Mix Design
Texas Gyratory Mix Design
Empirical Testing Methods
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Marshall Mix Design
AASHTO T245
Features:
impact compaction
density/void analysis
stability/flow testing
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Marshall Mix Design
Advantages:
Attention to volumetric properties for
durability
Equipment inexpensive and portable
Disadvantages:
Impact compaction unrealistic
Marshall stability not related to performance
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Hveem Mix Design
AASHTO T247
Features:
kneading compaction
density/voids analysis
stability analysis
swell analysis
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Hveem Mix Design
Advantages:
Kneading compaction simulates field
compaction
Hveem stability measures aggregate component
of shear strength
Disadvantages:
equipment more expensive and not portable
some volumetric properties not emphasized
asphalt content selection very subjective
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Texas Gyratory Mix Design
Features:
Gyratory compaction
density/voids analysis
Hveem stability analysis
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Texas Gyratory Mix Design
Advantages:
Gyratory compactor simulates field compaction
Gyratory compactor is portable
Hveem stability measures aggregate component
of shear strength
Attention to volumetric properties for durability
Disadvantages:
Gyratory compactor relatively expensive some
Gyratory protocol needs refining
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Empirical Strength Testing
Primarily Rolling Wheel Tests
Addendum to Traditional Mix Design
Accept / Reject Criteria
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Empirical Strength Testing
Advantages:
criteria calibrated to experience with real pavements
Disadvantages:
expensive equipment
expensive to run
time consuming to calibrate criteria
only applicable to local conditions
affected by boundary conditions
actual performance not predicted
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Superpave Mix Design
Strategic Highway Research Program
5 year, $50 million research on asphalt
Products, A system
Performance based spec for binders
Performance based system for asphalt
mixture design and analysis
SUPERPAVE software
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Superpave Mix Design
Selection of Asphalt Binder
Performance Graded Binder PG
Selection of Aggregate Structure
Consensus properties, source properties,
aggregate structure
Mix Design (Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3)
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Superpave Mix Design
Adoption of Superpave to Hot Arid
Climates:
Selection of Binder (Temperature)
Performance Testing (Field Conditions)