Performance specifications for asphalt mixtures
By: Leslie Myers McCarthy, Jonathan Callans, Robert Quigley, Sidney V. Scott III
Contributors: Callans, Jonathan, author; Quigley, Robert, author; Scott, Sidney, author; National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Highway Research Program; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; United States. Federal Highway Administration
Series: NCHRP synthesis -- no. 492; Synthesis of highway practice -- 492.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 89
ISBN-13: 9780309272131; 9781523108794
Subjects: Asphalt; Asphalt Pavements; Asphalte; Revêtements en asphalte
Description: This synthesis documents the performance tests used in conjunction with volumetric properties for mixtures. Performance tests are intended to extend service life by guiding material selection (i.e., asphalt binder and aggregate) and proportions (i.e., asphalt content and gradations). The synthesis provides examples of engineering tools used in the development and implementation of performance specifications for asphalt mixtures, examples of the contents of performance-based specifications (PBS) currently used or in development, information on test program implementation and research efforts related to PBS for asphalt mixtures, and the reported benefits and challenges with implementing PBS. Information for this report was acquired through a literature search, a survey of the use of performance specifications for asphalt mixtures, and seven case examples from six state departments of transportation, and the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Notes: "A Synthesis of Highway Practice."

At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

Includes bibliographical references.

Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Fedral Highway Administration Project 20-05, topic 46-03