Development of an economical thin, quiet, long-lasting, high friction surface layer for economical use in Illinois, volume 2 : field construction, field testing, and engineering benefit analysis.

Details

• Creators:
  Al-Qadi, Imad L. ; Son, Songsu ; Zehr, Thomas
• Corporate Creators:
  Illinois Center for Transportation ; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Hot mix asphalt
  • Asphalt concrete pavements
  • Overlays (Pavements)
  • Local materials
  • Pavement performance
  • Mix design
  • Test sections
  • Wearing course (Pavements)
  • Quartzite
  • Slag
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-ICT-13-006;ICT-13-006;UILU-ENG-2013-2004
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Illinois
• Corporate Publisher:
  Illinois. Dept. of Transportation. Bureau of Materials and Physical Research
• Abstract:
  This project provides techniques to improve hot-mix asphalt (HMA) overlays specifically through the use of ; special additives and innovative surfacing technologies with aggregates that are locally available in Illinois. The ; ultimate goal is to improve pavement performance through optimized materials while also controlling cost by ; efficiently using local materials. Therefore, the proposed new mixes use locally available aggregates when ; possible. The project also considered the use of alternative aggregates such as steel slag to increase the ; friction quality of the HMA and therefore improve pavement performance. To evaluate the newly developed ; wearing course mixtures and evaluate their performance under actual traffic loading, test pavements were ; constructed, including control mixtures, between August and November 2010 in northern Illinois. The newly ; proposed mixtures include fine dense-graded HMA and stone matrix asphalt (SMA). The fine dense-graded ; HMA was designed using the Bailey method and developed with the hope of improved compactability for thinner ; asphalt layers. The SMA contained a 4.75-mm nominal maximum aggregate size (NMAS) that allows for layers ; as thin as 0.75 in. On-site performance tests were conducted at 4-month intervals following construction; the ; tests include noise, friction, rutting, and texture profiling. An engineering benefit analysis was performed to ; evaluate the new mixes’ cost effectiveness. New HMAs are proposed, along with alternative cross-sections that ; improve pavement performance while controlling costs.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  R27-42
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26733/dot_26733_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.13 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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