Integrating quality assurance in balance mix designs for durable asphalt mixtures: State-of-the-art literature review

YD Wang, J Liu, J Liu - Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Delivering durable asphalt concrete within a reasonable cost is one of the great ambitions of
pavement material engineers. This state-of-the-art review article documents the efforts spent …

Balanced Mix Design for Surface Mixtures: 2020 Field Trials

SD Diefenderfer, J Habbouche, I Boz - 2023 - rosap.ntl.bts.gov
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has been working toward the
implementation of balanced mix design (BMD) for several years. During that time, special …

Development of a rutting index parameter based on the stress sweep rutting test and permanent deformation shift model

A Ghanbari, BS Underwood, YR Kim - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The use of index parameters to evaluate the performance of asphalt mixtures has become
an important process for making informed pavement material decisions. These index …

Validation of performance-based specifications for surface asphalt mixtures in Virginia

J Habbouche, I Boz… - Transportation Research …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), like many owner agencies, is interested
in ways to facilitate the increased durability of asphalt mixes in an effort to make its roadway …

Demonstration project for enhanced durability of asphalt pavements through increased in-place pavement density

T Aschenbrener, E Brown, NH Tran, PB Blankenship - 2020 - rosap.ntl.bts.gov
Recognizing the importance of in-place density in building cost effective asphalt pavements,
a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Demonstration Project was created for …

Balanced design of asphalt mixtures

D Newcomb, F Zhou - 2018 - rosap.ntl.bts.gov
A balanced mix design (BMD) sets a maximum asphalt content based on the rutting criterion
and a minimum asphalt content based on cracking criterion. This project developed a BMD …

Fatigue performance prediction of asphalt pavement based on semicircular bending test at intermediate temperature

W Cao, LN Mohammad, M Elseifi… - Journal of Materials in …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
The objective of this study is to correlate asphalt mixtures' crack resistance with their in situ
cracking performance. Ten mixtures were obtained from a full-scale experiment at the …

Effect of additives and aging on moisture-induced damage potential of asphalt mixes using surface free energy and laboratory-based performance tests

SA Ali, M Zaman, R Ghabchi, MA Rahman… - … Journal of Pavement …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Lack of mechanistic foundation and poor correlations with field performance of conventional
laboratory-based tests has accelerated the search for a mechanistic-based approach for …

Comprehensive laboratory evaluation of recycling agent treated plant-produced asphalt mixtures

R Zhang, J Sias, E Dave, A Hanz… - Transportation …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Recycling agent (RA) is typically used to restore or rejuvenate the properties of aged asphalt
to desired properties. This study was motivated to comprehensively characterize the …

Effect of aramid fibers on balanced mix design of asphalt concrete

H Noorvand, SC Brockman, M Mamlouk, K Kaloush - CivilEng, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fiber-reinforced asphalt concrete (FRAC) was tested using limestone, PG 64-22 binder, and
20% reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP). After mixing fibers with different lengths and …