0-6621 : developing a mixture-based specification for flexible base.

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• Creators:
  Sebesta, Stephen ; Gu, Fan ; Luo, Rong ; Button, Joe ; Lytton, Robert ; Herrera, Caroline ; Hatcher, Ronald
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Mix design
  • Base course (Pavements)
  • Pavement design
  • Aggregates
  • Specifications
  • Quality assurance
  • Recycled materials
• Publication/ Report Number:
  0-6621
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office
• Abstract:
  The Texas Department of Transportation ; (TxDOT) currently utilizes Item 247, “Flexible ; Base,” to specify a foundation course of flexible ; base utilized in a pavement. Base materials are ; not allowed to be used by the contractors until ; the materials have been approved in the ; stockpile, typically at the point of production or ; at or near the construction site. This project ; evaluated the current method of base material ; acceptance, as required in Item 247, and ; investigated methods to replace material ; approval based on stockpile sampling and ; testing with a mixture design methodology and ; quality control procedure.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28765/dot_28765_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 256.08 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c19b3035de9a3a0a5b83bc0f337187daf9f302cdebbede4b822dbecf06185cc1