1st Edition

Advances in Pavement Design through Full-scale Accelerated Pavement Testing

Edited By David Jones, John Harvey, Imad L. Al-Qadi, Angel Mateos Copyright 2013
570 Pages
by CRC Press

560 Pages
by CRC Press

Pack: Book and CD Internationally, full-scale accelerated pavement testing, either on test roads or linear/circular test tracks, has proven to be a valuable tool that fills the gap between models and laboratory tests and long-term experiments on in-service pavements. Accelerated pavement testing is used to improve understanding of pavement behavior, and evaluation of innovative materials and... Read more

Preface
Conference organization


Part 1: Overview of accelerated pavement testing

A history of modern accelerated performance testing of pavement structures
R.B. Powell

A decade of full-scale accelerated pavement testing
W.J.vdM. Steyn


Part 2: Establishment of new accelerated pavement testing facilities

PaveLab and Heavy Vehicle Simulator implementation at the National Laboratory of Materials and Testing Models of the University of Costa Rica
J.P. Aguiar-Moya, J.P. Corrales, F. Elizondo & L. Loría-Salazar

The Universidad de los Andes linear test track apparatus
B. Caicedo, J. Monroy, S. Caro & E. Rueda

Design and implementation of a full-scale accelerated pavement testing facility for extreme regional climates in China
D. Zejiao, T. Yiqiu & L. Meili


Part 3: Review of the impact of accelerated pavement testing programs on practice

Significant findings from the first three research cycles at the NCAT pavement test track
R.West & R.B. Powell

A ten year review of the Florida’s accelerated pavement testing program
J. Greene & B. Choubane

Fourteen years of accelerated pavement testing at Kansas State University
M. Hossain, B.S. Bortz, H. Melhem, S.A. Romanoschi & A. Gisi

The implementation of accelerated pavement testing findings into industry practice in New Zealand
B.D. Steven, D.J. Alabaster & B.D. Pidwerbesky

History of construction contracting methods used at MnROAD
B.J.Worel &T.R. Clyne

International case studies in support of successful applications of accelerated pavement testing in pavement engineering
F. Hugo, M. Arraigada, L. Shu-ming, T. Zefeng & R.Y. Kim


Part 4: Instrumentation for accelerated pavement testing

Semi-automated crack analysis system for the Heavy Vehicle Simulator
K. Sheppard, J. Greene, B. Choubane, J. White & J. Fletcher

The CAPTIF unbound pavement strain measurement system
F.R. Greenslade, D.J. Alabaster, B.D. Steven & B.D. Pidwerbesky

Detection of debonding and vertical cracks with non destructive techniques during accelerated pavement testing
J.-M. Simonin, V. Baltazart, P. Hornych, J.-P. Kerzrého, X. Dérobert, S. Trichet, O. Durand, J. Alexandre & A. Joubert

Rut depth measurement method and analysis at the FAA’s National Airport Pavement Test Facility
I. Song, R. Aponte & G. Hayhoe

Direct measurement of residual stress in airport concrete pavements
H. Yin, E. Guo & F. Pecht

A modular data acquisition system for Heavy Vehicle Simulator tests
R.Z.Wu, J.D. Lea & D. Jones

Simulating the effects of instrumentation on measured pavement response
F. Leiva-Villacorta & D.H. Timm


Part 5: Accelerated pavement testing on asphalt concrete pavements

Accelerated loading, laboratory, and field testing studies to fast-track the implementation of warm mix asphalt in California
D. Jones, R.Z.Wu, B. Tsai, C. Barros & J. Peterson

Assessment of response and performance of perpetual pavements with warm mix asphalt surfaces at the Ohio Accelerated Pavement Load Facility
I. Khoury, S.M. Sargand, A. Al-Rawashdeh & W. Edwards

Structural evaluation and short-term performance of sustainable pavement
sections at the NCAT pavement test track
A. Vargas-Nordcbeck & D.H. Timm

Evaluation of a rubber modified asphalt mixture at the 2009 NCAT test track
J.R.Willis, R.B. Powell & M.C. Rodezno

Accelerated performance of a failed pavement on a soft clay subgrade after rehabilitation with high polymer mix at the NCAT pavement test track
R.B. Powell

Evaluation of a heavy polymer modified asphalt binder using accelerated pavement testing
J. Greene, B. Choubane & P. Upshaw

Accelerated pavement testing of low-volume paved roads with geocell reinforcement
B.S. Bortz, M. Hossain, I. Halami &A. Gisi

Accelerated pavement testing of two flexible road pavements to assess long-term structural performance
J. Ritter, R. Rabe & A.Wolf

Evaluation of a flexible pavement structure in an accelerated pavement test
Th. Saevarsdottir & S. Erlingsson

How low is too low? Assessing the risk of low air voids using accelerated pavement testing
E. Levenberg, R.S. McDaniel &T.E. Nantung

Exploratory evaluation of cracking performance of a 4.75mm NMAS overlay using full-scale accelerated loading
X. Qi, X. Li, N.H. Gibson, T. Clark & K. McGhee

Rutting resistance of asphalt pavements with fine sand subgrade under full-scale trafficking at high and ambient air temperature
J.Wu, F. Ye, J. Ling, J. Qian & S. Li

Initial tests results from the MLS10 Mobile Load Simulator in Switzerland
M. Arraigada, M.N. Partl & A. Pugliessi


Part 6: Accelerated pavement testing on portland cement concrete pavements

Performance of thin jointed concrete pavements subjected to accelerated traffic loading at the MnROAD facility
T.R. Burnham & B.I. Izevbekhai

Accelerated pavement testing experiment of a pavement made of fiber-reinforced roller-compacted concrete
M.L. Nguyen, J.M. Balay, C. Sauzéat, H. Di Benedetto, K. Bilodeau, F. Olard & B. Ficheroulle

Provisional results from accelerated pavement testing of roller-compacted concrete in South Africa
L. du Plessis, S.J.H. Louw, G. Rugodho & S. Musundi

Accelerated pavement testing on slab and block pavements using the MLS10 Mobile Load Simulator
R. Blab,W. Kluger-Eigl, J. Füssl & M. Arraigada

Environmental and load effect on dowelled and undowelled portland cement concrete slabs
S.M. Sargand & I. Khoury

Study of failure mechanisms in rubblized concrete pavements with hot mix asphalt overlays
N. Garg, G.F. Hayhoe & L. Ricalde


Part 7: Accelerated pavement testing to evaluate functional performance

Accelerated traffic load testing of seismic expansion joints for the new San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
D. Jones, R.Z.Wu &T.J. Holland

Accelerated testing of noise performance of pavements
H. Bendtsen, J. Oddershede, G. Hildebrandt, R.Z.Wu & D. Jones

Performance evaluation of unsurfaced pavements using the UIUC Accelerated Transportation Loading Assembly
D. Mishra & E. Tutumluer

Use of accelerated pavement testing to validate Ride Quality Index Data
T.R. Clyne


Part 8: Relating laboratory tests to performance using accelerated pavement testing

Towards improved characterization of cemented pavement materials
R.E.Y. Yeo & W. Young

Validating permanent deformation tests using accelerated pavement testing
M.A. Moffatt, G.W. Jameson & J.W.H. Oliver

The implementation of findings from accelerated pavement testing in pavement design and construction practice
J. Kwon, M.H.Wayne, G.J. Norwood & J.S. Tingle

Recommended asphalt binder fatigue performance specification from full-scale accelerated pavement tests considering aging effects
N. Gibson, X. Qi, A. Andriescu &A. Copeland


Part 9: Development and calibration of empirical and mechanistic-empirical pavement design procedures and models

Calibrating full-scale accelerated pavement testing data using long-term pavement performance data
W.J.vdM. Steyn, J.K. Anochie-Boateng, C. Fisher, D. Jones & L. Truter

Using point level accelerated pavement testing data for calibration of performance models
J.D. Lea

Use of mechanistic-empirical performance simulations to adjust and compare results from accelerated pavement testing
J.T. Harvey, D. Jones, J.D. Lea, R.Z.Wu, P. Ullidtz & B. Tsai

Calibration of incremental-recursive rutting prediction models in CalME using Heavy Vehicle Simulator experiments
E. Coleri, R.Z.Wu, J.T. Harvey & J. Signore

Lessons learnt from the application of the CalME asphalt fatigue model to experimental data from the CEDEX test track
A. Mateos, J.P. Ayuso, B. Cadavid & J.O. Marrón

Modeling of flexible pavement structure behavior – comparisons with Heavy Vehicle Simulator measurements
A.W. Ahmed & S. Erlingsson

Evaluation of the aggressiveness of different multi-axle loads using accelerated pavement tests
J.-P. Kerzrého, P. Hornych, A. Chabot, S. Trichet, T. Gouy, G. Coirier & L. Deloffre

Accelerated pavement testing-based pavement design catalogue
W.J.vdM. Steyn


Part 10: Benefit-cost analysis of accelerated pavement testing

Developments in evaluating the benefits of implemented accelerated pavement testing results in California
W.A. Nokes, M. Mahdavi, N.I. Burmas, T.J. Holland, L. du Plessis & J.T. Harvey

Results of a case study determining economic benefits of accelerated pavement testing research in California
L. du Plessis,W.A. Nokes, M. Mahdavi, N.I. Burmas, T.J. Holland & J.T. Harvey

Author index

Biography

David Jones (Queen's University Belfast); John Harvey (University of California, Davis, USA Tiger Health Limited; Imad L Al-Qadi (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. Angel Mateos