Performance Based Evaluation of Asphalt Surface Treatment Using Third Scale Model Mobile Loading Simulator

Performance Based Evaluation of Asphalt Surface Treatment Using Third Scale Model Mobile Loading Simulator
Author: Ju Sang Lee
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Total Pages: 160
Release: 2007
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This research also develops a correlation that converts skid resistance laboratory results to field results. The ability of the MMLS3 test to simulate the texture of ASTs in the field is confirmed by finding the same trends in skid resistance characteristics of the two aggregate types for both laboratory and field results.

Performance Based Evaluation of Asphalt Surface Treatment Using Third Scale Model Mobile Loading Simulator

Performance Based Evaluation of Asphalt Surface Treatment Using Third Scale Model Mobile Loading Simulator
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Release: 2004
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This dissertation presents the research efforts to evaluate the characteristics of asphalt surface treatment (AST) performance including aggregate retention, bleeding, and skid performance using the third-scale Model Mobile Loading Simulator (MMLS3). A new test protocol is developed that uses the MMLS3 and incorporates the digital image processing technique and British Pendulum Test (BPT) for the performance evaluation of ASTs. In this study, the new MMLS3 AST performance test method is applied to evaluate the effects of fines content, aggregate gradation, and aggregate type (i.e., granite vs. lightweight) on aggregate retention performance. It is confirmed that aggregate retention performance is improved as the fines content decreases and the gradation becomes more uniform. Moreover, it is found that the aggregate gradation factor plays a critical role in the aggregate retention performance regardless of the type of aggregate. This research also develops a performance-based uniformity coefficient as an AST performance indicator. A methodology is developed to determine the optimum application rate based on AST performance in laboratory tests; this methodology is then extended to the field application. Based on the characteristics of AST performance determined by MMLS3 tests with various AST application rates, the AST design equation as a function of the voids at the loose aggregate state is developed. This research also develops a correlation that converts skid resistance laboratory results to field results. The ability of the MMLS3 test to simulate the texture of ASTs in the field is confirmed by finding the same trends in skid resistance characteristics of the two aggregate types for both laboratory and field results.

Long-Term Performance Assessment of Asphalt Concrete Pavements Using the Third Scale Model Mobile Loading Simulator and Fiber Reinforced Asphalt Concrete

Long-Term Performance Assessment of Asphalt Concrete Pavements Using the Third Scale Model Mobile Loading Simulator and Fiber Reinforced Asphalt Concrete
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Release: 2003
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Long-term pavement performance such as fatigue and rutting is investigated using the third scale Model Mobile Loading Simulator (MMLS3). Prediction algorithms are proposed that can account for the loading rate of MMLS3 and temperature variation along the depth of pavement. In a separate study, influence of fibers on the fatigue cracking resistance is studied. In this research, laboratory asphalt pavement construction technique, sensor instrumentation, and test conditions are evaluated to establish effective test protocols for fatigue cracking and rutting evaluation using the MMLS3. The investigated results present that: (1) the MMLS3 with wheel wandering system can induce the realistic fatigue (alligator pattern) cracks; (2) using wavelet correlation method (WCM), fatigue damage growth and microdamage healing are observed; (3) the algorithm for the fatigue life prediction of laboratory pavement is established using the indirect tension testing program and linear cumulative damage theory; (4) the MMLS3 performs a rapid assessment of the rutting potential under controlled conditions; (5) the predictive algorithm predicts rutting performance of asphalt pavements loaded by the MMLS3 using the repetitive cyclic triaxial compression testing program. It was found that fiber inclusion can improve the mechanical properties of asphalt concrete. Single nylon fiber pullout test was used to investigate debonding and pulling behavior. As for indirect tension strength tests, asphalt concrete containing nylon fibers showed the potential of improving fatigue cracking resistance by an increase of the fracture energy.

Quantifying the Benefits of Improved Rolling of Chip Seals

Quantifying the Benefits of Improved Rolling of Chip Seals
Author: Y. Richard Kim
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Total Pages: 152
Release: 2008
Genre: Pavements
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This report presents an improvement in the rolling protocol for chip seals based on an evaluation of aggregate retention performance and aggregate embedment depth. The flip-over test (FOT), Vialit test, modified sand circle test, digital image processing technique, and the third-scale Model Mobile Loading Simulator (MMLS3) are employed to evaluate the effects of the various rolling parameters and to measure chip seal performance. The samples used to evaluate the chip seal rolling protocol were obtained directly from field construction. In order to determine the optimal rolling protocol, the effects of roller type, number of coverages, coverage distribution on the sublayers of a multiple chip seal (i.e., the split seal and triple seal), and rolling pattern are evaluated using the results of aggregate retention performance tests, the modified sand circle method, and the digital image process. It is found that two types of roller, the pneumatic tire roller and the combination roller, are recommended as the optimal rollers for the chip seal. In addition, it is found that the optimal number of coverages for the chip seal is three coverages. Moreover, the performance of the triple seal without coverage at the bottom layer does not affect the aggregate retention performance, although the split seal does require coverage at the bottom layer. Finally, it is found from the MMLS3 results that the delayed rolling time between the spreading of the aggregate and the initial rolling significantly affects the aggregate loss, and that the delayed rolling time is related to the aggregate moisture condition and the ambient temperature. Effects of different rolling patterns are investigated based on the delayed rolling time and roller speeds, and recommendations are developed for two- and three-roller scenarios.

Maintenance and Preservation, 2013

Maintenance and Preservation, 2013
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Total Pages: 126
Release: 2013
Genre: Bridges
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"TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2360 contains 10 papers that study holistic approaches to maintenance and preservation of transportation infrastructure; guidelines for thermographic inspection of concrete bridge components in shaded conditions; bridge preservation by action type; fatigue testing and structural health monitoring of retrofitted web stiffeners on steel highway bridges; and, vulnerability of bridges exposed to scour. This issue also examines performance measures for bridge preservation; risk modeling of advanced deterioration in bridge management systems; modeling hurricane hazards and damage on Florida bridges; developing bridge management components that facilitate decision making; and, a method to assess bonding characteristics of membrane layers in wearing course on orthotropic steel bridge decks."--Pub. online blurb.

Significant Findings from Full-scale Accelerated Pavement Testing

Significant Findings from Full-scale Accelerated Pavement Testing
Author: Wynand JvdM. Steyn
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2012
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309223660

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 433: Significant Findings from Full-Scale Accelerated Pavement Testing documents and summarizes significant findings from the various experimental activities associated with full-scale accelerated pavement testing (f-sAPT) programs that have taken place between 2000 and 2011. The report also identifies gaps in knowledge related to f-sAPT and where future research may be needed. NCHRP Synthesis 433 is designed to expand the f-sAPT base of knowledge documented in NCHRP Syntheses 325 and 235, both with the same title of Significant Findings from Full-Scale Accelerated Pavement Testing. f-sAPT is the controlled application of a wheel loading, at or above the appropriate legal load limit, to a pavement system to determine pavement response in a compressed time period. The acceleration of damage is achieved by one or more of the following factors: increased repetitions, modified loading conditions, imposed climatic conditions, and thinner pavements with a decreased structural capacity which have shorter design lives"--

Advances in Materials and Pavement Prediction

Advances in Materials and Pavement Prediction
Author: Eyad Masad
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2018-07-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 042985580X

Advances in Materials and Pavement Performance Prediction contains the papers presented at the International Conference on Advances in Materials and Pavement Performance Prediction (AM3P, Doha, Qatar, 16- 18 April 2018). There has been an increasing emphasis internationally in the design and construction of sustainable pavement systems. Advances in Materials and Pavement Prediction reflects this development highlighting various approaches to predict pavement performance. The contributions discuss links and interactions between material characterization methods, empirical predictions, mechanistic modeling, and statistically-sound calibration and validation methods. There is also emphasis on comparisons between modeling results and observed performance. The topics of the book include (but are not limited to): • Experimental laboratory material characterization • Field measurements and in situ material characterization • Constitutive modeling and simulation • Innovative pavement materials and interface systems • Non-destructive measurement techniques • Surface characterization, tire-surface interaction, pavement noise • Pavement rehabilitation • Case studies Advances in Materials and Pavement Performance Prediction will be of interest to academics and engineers involved in pavement engineering.