Natural aggregates (construction sand and gravel and crushed stone) make up the largest component of nonfuel mineral materials consumed in the United States. Most of these materials are used in construction activities, such as in buildings and roads. In highways, natural aggregates are incorporated into asphalt and concrete and are used as road base. The vast system of roads and highways in United States provides a critical service to the country’s economy and people. The construction of these roads and highways has required and continues to require large quantities of materials, such as aggregates, asphalt, cement, and steel. The materials are providing services every time the road or highway is used.
Resilient modulus and Young’s modulus are parameters increasingly used to fundamentally characterize the behaviorof pavement materials both in the l...
California. Dept. of Transportation. Materials Engineering and Testing Services
2005-02-01
Abstract:
This report presents the framework for a generic process to evaluate new products and/or strategies for possible use within Caltrans. The framework is...
Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving a Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS)/National Transportation Library (NTL)
Web-based service.
Thank you for visiting.
You are about to access a non-government link outside of
the U.S. Department of Transportation's National
Transportation Library.
Please note: While links to Web sites outside of DOT are
offered for your convenience, when you exit DOT Web sites,
Federal privacy policy and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act (accessibility requirements) no longer apply. In
addition, DOT does not attest to the accuracy, relevance,
timeliness or completeness of information provided by linked
sites. Linking to a Web site does not constitute an
endorsement by DOT of the sponsors of the site or the
products presented on the site. For more information, please
view DOT's Web site linking policy.
To get back to the page you were previously viewing, click
your Cancel button.
United States Department of Transportation
[PDF-815.12 KB]
