NTL Record

Title Performance of Coarse-Graded Mixes at Westrack - Premature Rutting
Record ID 9140
Corporate Creator United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 19980601
Language English
Abstract WesTrack is the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) test facility in Nevada for developing performance-related specifications for hot-mix asphalt pavement construction. It is also providing some of the earliest data on the performance of Superpave asphalt mixture designs under high rates of heavy truck loading. When Superpave-designed test sections placed at the track in June 1997 had very rapid rutting failures, the highway community was concerned that the mixture design and construction procedures might be missing important, but unknown, constraints. A forensic team composed of academicians, asphalt industry representatives, and State highway agency engineers was assembled to study the early failures, and, if appropriate, to make recommendations for revising the Superpave procedures. This is their report.
Rosap ID dot:35901
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35901
TRT Terms Asphalt mixtures; Coarse aggregates; Construction; Heavy duty trucks; Hot mix asphalt; Loads; Pavement performance; Rutting; Superpave; Test facilities
Classification NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION;
NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Pavement Management and Performance
Geographical
Coverage
North America
TRIS Online
Accession No
789145
Report Number FHWA-RD-99-134
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/9000/9100/9140/009226.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository