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A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED ON A TEST SECTION OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT TO PRODUCE NEEDED TEMPERATURE DATA FROM THE DESERT PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST. SOLAR RADIATION DATA WERE RECORDED CONCURRENTLY FOR COMPARISON WITH THE TEMPERATURE DATA. TYPICAL TEMPERATURE PATTERNS FOR EACH MONTH OF THE TEST PERIOD ARE PRESENTED AND EXPLAINED WITH THE AID OF HEAT TRANSFER THEORY. PRESENTATIONS OF THE DATA SHOW THE AVERAGE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE TEST PERIOD AS WELL AS THE TEMPERATURE DURATION AT VARIOUS LEVELS. EVALUATION OF THE STATISTICS HAS LED THE AUTHORS TO SUGGEST POSSIBLE ADDITIONS TO THE PRESENT METHODS OF TESTING ASPHALTIC CONCRETE FOR USE IN DESERT AREAS. COMPARISON BETWEEN SOLAR RADIATION AND TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIATES THE THEORY THAT SHALLOW DEPTHS ARE GREATLY INFLUENCED BY THE SUN'S ENERGY. ANALYSIS OF THE DATA SHOWS THAT PREDICTION OF PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES IS POSSIBLE WITH THE USE OF INFORMATION FROM WEATHER REPORTS OF AIR TEMPERATURE AND SOLAR RADIATION. /AUTHOR/

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Highway Research Record

50th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board

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Figures (7) ; References (13) ; Tables (2)

Asphalt concrete; Asphalt pavements; Deserts; Mechanical properties; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Temperature; Temperature measurement; Weather

Highways; Materials

TRIS, TRB

Apr 17 1972 12:00AM

• ASPHALT CONTENT STUDIES BY THE NUCLEAR METHOD /ABRIDGEMENT/
• EFFECT OF MODIFIED RECLAIMED RUBBER AND GROUND VULCANIZED RUBBER ON THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF BITUMINOUS PAVEMENTS WAS EVALUATED BY THE GYRATORY TESTING MACHINES /ABRIDGEMENT/
• EFFECTS OF FIELD AGING ON FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF PAVING ASPHALTS
• EVALUATION OF BITUMINOUS COMPACTION PROCEDURES USING NUCLEAR GAGES
• EVALUATION OF GAP-GRADED ASPHALT CONCRETE MIXTURES
• EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON VISCOSITY OF ASPHALT CEMENTS AT 77F
• VOIDS CONCEPT FOR DESIGN OF SEAL COATS AND SURFACE TREATMENTS-WITH DISCUSSION