Exploration of Cracking-Related Performance-Based Specification Indexes for Airfield Asphalt Mixtures
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements
Volume 148, Issue 4
Abstract
This study assessed the cracking performance of warm-mix asphalt (WMA) and reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) mixtures for airfield pavements and explored performance-based airfield asphalt mix specifications. Fundamental properties of these mixtures were investigated through performance-based laboratory tests such as complex modulus, semicircular bend (SCB), and direct tension cyclic fatigue (DTCF) tests. Performance prediction software was utilized to evaluate mixture performance during the design period. Based on the complex modulus and SCB tests results, it was found that organic additive and RAP tend to increase mixture susceptibility to fracture. Results of the DTCF test showed that fatigue indexes ranked mixtures in different ways, which emphasizes the importance of using performance prediction programs to investigate mixture fatigue performance. The results of performance prediction indicated that utilization of hybrid WMA additive and RAP would increase airfield pavement fatigue damage. The contradictory results of laboratory tests and pavement performance simulation showed that the airfield current asphalt pavement thickness design procedure lacks a usable model of fatigue cracking in its standard design program.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request, including performance-based laboratory test data, performance models, and statistical analysis.
Acknowledgments
This research was supported by the Airport Cooperative Research Program Graduate Research Award (ACRP-GRA). The authors sincerely thank the FAA’s NAPMRC for providing materials for this study. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the ACRP-GRA panel members for their invaluable guidance and feedback.
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Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements
Volume 148 • Issue 4 • December 2022
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Received: Feb 17, 2021
Accepted: Jul 9, 2022
Published online: Sep 23, 2022
Published in print: Dec 1, 2022
Discussion open until: Feb 23, 2023
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Air transportation
- Airport and airfield pavements
- Airports and airfields
- Asphalt pavements
- Continuum mechanics
- Cracking
- Design (by type)
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Fatigue (material)
- Fatigue tests
- Fracture mechanics
- Gravels
- Highway and road design
- Infrastructure
- Material mechanics
- Material properties
- Materials characterization
- Materials engineering
- Materials processing
- Mixtures
- Pavement condition
- Pavement design
- Pavements
- Sight distances
- Solid mechanics
- Transportation engineering
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