Predicting low-temperature cracking in asphalt pavements : [research brief].

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Characterization of Wisconsin mixture low temperature properties for the AASHTO mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide
• Corporate Creators:
  Advanced Asphalt Technologies, LLC
• Corporate Contributors:
  Wisconsin. Dept. of Transportation. Research Coordination Section ; Wisconsin Highway Research Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Creep
  • Tensile strength
  • Thermal fatigue
  • Cracking
  • Pavement cracking
  • Pavements, Asphalt--Additives--Wisconsin--Testing
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Wisconsin
• Edition:
  Research brief.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Wisconsin Highway Research Program
• Abstract:
  In Wisconsin's winter climate, low temperatures can cause asphalt pavements to contract and crack, reducing their ride quality and service lives. To help engineers more accurately determine how well certain pavement designs will fare in such conditions, AASHTO has developed the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide, or MEPDG. Pavement designers can use this manual and accompanying software to predict how pavement distresses will accumulate over time by inputting information about pavement materials, climate and expected traffic levels.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project 0092-10-07
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24179/dot_24179_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 535.17 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d98770bf9ad56b5cfac2409423dc851efd8caeb4722ebc7dc1d2b2d47d97271b6475a7af867dfd4305f6a4b4898fd2403207d6ceb038a119e3aabea6a055bdb8