What is it about?

This research is exploring three different commonly used ways that the asphalt mixture specimen is handled and fabricated. and through the test results, it evaluates which method could be better correlated to the field conditions.

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Why is it important?

If samples fabricated in lab do not have the similar characteristics and properties of the actual placed mixture in the field, then the test results can be misleading and performance predictions will be completely useless

Perspectives

Perhaps the best way to make the samples is taking the cores from what is actually placed in the field, but if this not possible the plant mixed plant compacted samples can be used as second alternative. The lab mixed lab compacted samples showed to have the most different performance.

Rasool Nemati
University System of New Hampshire

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This page is a summary of: Comparison of asphalt mixture specimen fabrication methods and binder tests for cracking evaluation of field mixtures, Road Materials and Pavement Design, February 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/14680629.2018.1431148.
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