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Characterization, Design and Quality Control
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Mechanical Tests for
Bituminous Mixes
Characterization, Design and Quality Control
Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium held by
RILEM (The International Union of Testing and Research
Laboratories for Materials and Structures) and organized by
RILEM Technical Committee 101-BAT (Bitumen and Asphalt
Testing) in cooperation with the Hungarian Chemical Society, the
Scientific Society for Transport, the Chair for Road Construction
of the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary.
Budapest
23–25 October, 1990
EDITED By
H.W.Fritz
and
E.Eustacchio
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Mechanical tests for bituminous mixes.
1. Hydrocarbons
I. Fritz, H.W. II. Eustacchio, E. 547.01
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Scientific Committee
H.W.Fritz* Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA),
Dübendorf, Switzerland (Chairman)
C.D.M.Beverwijk Koninklyke Shell Laboratorium, Amsterdam, Netherlands
K.E.Cooper Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK
M.Csicsely* General Directorate of Public Roads, Budapest, Hungary
E.Eustacchio* Technical University of Graz, Austria
U.Isaacson Division of Urban Road and Street Engineering, Lulea University of
Technology, Sweden
I.Ishai Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa,
Israel
M.Luminari* Autostrade Spa, Rome, Italy
L.Nagy* Central Research and Design Institute for Silicate Industry, Budapest, Hungary
S.Pallotta Autostrade Spa, Rome, Italy
G.Peroni Autostrade Spa, Rome, Italy
G.Ramond Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (LCPC), Paris, France (Secretary)
B.Rubio Centro de Estudios de Carreteras, El Goloso, Madrid, Spain
J.Sanchez-Caba Repsol Petroleo SA, Madrid, Spain
A.Šolc* Gradevinski Institut, Zagreb, Yugoslavia
D.Svetel Institut za Puteve, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
R.Urban Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Bitumen, Industrie e. V., Hamburg, West Germany
J.Verstaeten* Centre de Recherches Routières, Brussels, Belgium
E.Nemesdy Technical University of Budapest, Hungary (Consultant)
* Members of the Organizing Committee
I.Pallos, Technical University of Budapest, was also a member of the Organizing Committee.
Contents
Preface xv
1
PART ONE SPECIMEN PREPARATION
1 Dubai experience in development of large stone asphalt mixtures 3
A.A.ELIAN
Dubai Municipality, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2 Compaction of asphalt for laboratory testing 25
R.LETSCH and M.SCHMALZ
Prüfamt für butiminöse Baustoffe und Kuntstoffe, Technical University,
Munich, Germany
3 Compaction in the laboratory and in practice 31
P.RENKEN
Institut für Straβenwesen, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
4 Field and laboratory evaluation of a new compaction technique 36
A.O ABD EL HALIM
Civil Engineering Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
O.J.SVEC
Institute for Research in Construction, National Research Council, Ottawa,
Canada
52
PART TWO TESTS WITH UNIQUE LOADING
5 Influence of polymer modifications on the viscoelastic behaviour of 54
bitumens and on mechanical properties of bituminous mixtures:
evaluation tests
A.APICELLA
Dip. di Ingegneria dei Materiali e della Produzione, Università Federico II,
Napoli, Italy
C.CALIENDO, B.FESTA and P.GIANNATASIO
Dip. di Ingegneria dei Trasporti, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy
6 Behaviour of asphalt aggregate mixes at low temperatures 67
W.ARAND
Institut für Straßenwesen, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
7 Evaluation of the cohesion of bitumen mixtures by means of the indirect 82
traction resistance tests
U.BONVINO
Road and Transport Department, Bari University, Italy
8 Stress deviation in bitumen mixtures 101
U.BONVINO
Road and Transport Department, Bari University, Italy
9 Experimental testing on bituminous draining concrete 122
A.BUCCI and M.ARCANGELI
Ist. Costruzioni Strade, Ferrovie e Aeroporti, Bologna, Italy
10 Individuation of laboratory tests to qualify porous asphalt friction 137
courses in relation to structural resistance
P.COLONNA
Road and Transport Department, Bari University, Italy
11 Coefficients of relative performance for bituminous mixes 145
L.DOMENICHINI, P.DI MASCIO and P.DI IORIO
University of L’Aquilla, Rome, Italy
12 Modified Marshall test for determining the susceptibility of bituminous 168
mixtures at road service high temperatures
F.DO PINO and J.M.MUNOZ
Centro de Estudios de Carreteras, Madrid, Spain
13 A proposed method for measuring the lateral displacements during 174
indirect tensile tests on asphalt briquettes using linear variable
differential transducers
P.E.DUNAISKI and F.HUGO
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
14 Testing tension dissipation of asphalt prisms under bending stress 188
P.K.GAUER
Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Regensburg, Federal Republic of Germany
15 Bending test of asphaltic mixtures under statical loading 201
J.JUDYCKI
Basrah university, Engineering College, Civil Engineering Department, Iraq
16 Laboratory test for characterization of the performance of thin asphalt 223
layer
Z.KUBANYI
Institute for Transport Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
17 Le controle de la qualité des enrobés à l’aide de la machine asservie 229
d’essais rhèologiques (Control of coating quality by mechanized rheological
testing)
F.MOUTIER
Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, Nantes, France
JL.DELORME
Laboratorie Régional de L’Est Parisien, Melun, France
18 The evaluation of the construction material asphalt by the ‘Carinthian 257
Model’
H.PIBER
Amt der Kärnter Landesregierung, Klagenfurt, Austria
19 Investigation on high and low temperature behaviour of asphalt by static 270
and dynamic creep tests
M.SCHMALZ, R.LETSCH and M.PLANNERER
Prüfamt für bituminöse Baustoff und Kunststoffe, Technical Universitty,
Munich, Germany
20 Utilisation de la traction directe pour l’étude de la valeur structurelle 278
des enrobés bitumineux (Use of direct tension for studying the structural
quality of coated bitumens)
J.P.SERFASS
Screg Routes, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
S.VAN-BELLEGHEM
Recherche-Technique-Enterprise, Boneuil-Sur-Marne, France
21 Practical measurements of bituminous layer moduli in pavement 297
structures
A.A.SHAAT
Civil Engineering Department, The Queen’s University,
Belfast, Northern Ireland
22 Thermic effects for rupture tests at indirect tensile test on asphalt 311
concrete
G.TESORIERE and S.MARINO
Road Construction Institute, Palermo University, Italy
S.CANALE
Hydraulics, Transportation and Roads, Rome University, Italy
