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Title:

TEMPERATURE-SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTROL IN ASPHALT-CEMENT SPECIFICATIONS

Accession Number:

00211684

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309019621

Abstract:

THE INTRODUCTION OF SOME WAXY ASPHALT CEMENTS INTO ONTARIO IN THE EARLY 1950'S CAUSED SOME SERIOUS CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS WHERE THESE PRODUCTS WERE USED. THE PROBLEM WAS ONE OF TEMPERATURE SUSCEPTIBILITY WHERE THE ASPHALT CEMENTS BECAME VERY THIN AT HIGH TEMPERATURES. THIS CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH DRYING AND IN LAYING AND COMPACTING THE MIX. A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN OBTAINED BY CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE SUSCEPTIBILITY WITH A 2-POINT CONSISTENCY SPECIFICATION. THIS CONSISTS OF A MINIMUM VISCOSITY SPECIFICATION AT 275 F IN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL PENETRATION AT 77 F. THE MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS ARE ABOVE THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE ASPHALT INSTITUTE. RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BETWEEN PENETRATION AT 77 F AND VISCOSITIES AT 77, 140, AND 275 F FOR ASPHALT CEMENTS CURRENTLY SUPPLIED IN ONTARIO. A NEW CRITERION FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE, CRITICAL TEMPERATURE, IS INTRODUCED. THIS IS AN INDICATION OF THE LOW-TEMPERATURE FLOW PROPERTIES OF THE ASPHALT MIX. A METHOD IS ALSO SUGGESTED FOR THE SELECTION OF A SUITABLE ASPHALT-CEMENT GRADE FOR VARIOUS LOW TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS BY USING STIFFNESS MODULUS. /AUTHOR

Supplemental Notes:

Sponsored by Committee on Characteristics of Bituminous Materials and presented at the 50th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01410282

Authors:

Fromm, H J
Phang, W A

Discussers:

Welborn, J York

Pagination:

pp 30-45

Publication Date:

1971

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 350
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Conference:

50th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1971-1-18 to 1971-1-22
Sponsors: Highway Research Board. Task Force on Effect of Studded Tires

ISBN:

0309019621

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Appendices (2) ; Figures (5) ; Tables (3)

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Highways; Materials

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Oct 3 1971 12:00AM

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