Implementing the Results of the Second Strategic Highway Research Program

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Research Program ◽  
Highway Research ◽  
Strategic Highway Research Program

Structural Analysis of Aggregate Blends Using Strategic Highway Research Program Gyratory Compactor

1996 ◽  
Vol 1545 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-88
Author(s):  
Dan L. Seward ◽  
John A. Hinrichsen ◽  
Jennifer L. Ries
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Research Program ◽  
Traffic Load ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Mineral Aggregate ◽  
Asphalt Cement ◽  
Fundamental Properties ◽  
Asphalt Content ◽  
Highway Research ◽  
Strategic Highway Research Program

The Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) received a Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) gyratory compactor in December 1994. Since then IDOT has been studying the ability of the compactor to analyze fundamental properties of aggregates such as shape, texture, and gradation by studying the volumetrics of the aggregate blends under a standard load using the SHRP gyratory compactor. This method of analyzing the volumetrics of aggregate blends is similar to SHRP's fine aggregate angularity procedure, which analyzes void levels in noncom-pacted aggregate blends, which in turn can be used to evaluate the texture or shape of aggregates, what SHRP refers to as angularity. Research is showing that by splitting the aggregate blend on the 2.36-mm (#8) sieve and analyzing the volumetrics or angularity of the separated blend, important fundamental properties can be determined. Most important is structure (the degree and location of aggregate interlock). In addition, analysis of the volumes of the coarse and fine portions can predict the voids in the mineral aggregate and the desired asphalt content. By predicting these properties, it can be determined whether the combined aggregate blend, when mixed with asphalt cement, will produce a mix with structural adequacy to carry the designed traffic load.

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