Advances in Interlaboratory Testing and Evaluation of Bituminous Materials

This book covers laboratory methods for testing bituminous binder fatigue, including imaging techniques and software for characterizing asphalt mixtures, mechanical wheel tracking tests and a case study in long-term rutting prediction and evaluation.

Unique data collection as research basis

Unique summary of state of the art

Practical recommendations, tips & guidelines for researchers on how to conduct comparative interlaboratory tests (with examples)

Practical info for quality assurance & standardization

This information comprises bituminous binder and mixture tests

Unique data collection as research basis Unique summary of state of the art Practical recommendations, tips & guidelines for researchers on how to conduct comparative interlaboratory tests (with examples) Practical info for quality assurance & standardization This information comprises bituminous binder and mixture tests

Inhalt

Preface.- Acknowledgement (Participating Experts and Laboratories).- 1. Introduction, by Partl et al: Background of RILEM interlaboratory tests.- Methodology for testing of bituminous pavement materials principles basic elements of a testing framework.- Principles for planning interlaboratory tests.- References.- 2. Binder Testing, by Sybilski et al: Bituminous binder fatigue testing: State-of-the-art.- Binder fatigue properties and the results of the RILEM round robin test.- Test description: RILEM binder fatigue test.- References.- 3. Mixture Design and Compaction, by Bahia et al: Background.- Mixture design methods.- Hot mix asphalt image acquisition, processing, and analysis procedures.- Effect of compaction methods on internal structure and air void distribution of asphalt mixture.- RILEM TG2 group study on internal aggregate structure of hot mix asphalt.- Concluding remarks.- References.- 4. Mechanical Testing of Bituminous Mixtures, by Di Benedetto et al: Introduction.- Wheel tracking tests (WTT) campaigns on mixtures made with pure and modified bitumen.- Modeling and finite elements calculation.- References.- 5. Interlaboratory Tests on Pavement Performance Prediction and Evaluation Rutting, by Piber et al: Introduction.- Pavement of the test section.- Rutting measurements and predictions by the laboratories.- Field measurements and data collection by the road operator.- Data evaluation.- Conclusions.- References.- 6. Mechanical Testing of Interlayer Bonding in Asphalt Pavements, by Canestrari et al.: Overview on interlayer bonding in asphalt pavements.- Inter-laboratory test on interlayer bonding of asphalt pavements.- Conclusions.- References.- 7. Hot Recycling of Bituminous Mixtures, by DeLaRoche et al: Introduction.- Use of reclaimed asphalt in Europe.- Development of a laboratory aging protocol for bituminous mixtures.- Organisation of round robin test.- Results of round robin test.- Conclusions and recommendations on laboratory ageing of bituminous mixtures.- References.- Annex: Principle of infrared spectroscopy.- 8. General Summary and Outlook, by Chailleux et al: Introduction.- RILEM technical committee summary and feedback.- RILEM technical committee outlook.- Concluding remarks.- References.- Index.