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NCHRP Report 614:

Refining the Simple Performance Tester for Use in Routine Practice (2008)

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NCHRP Report 614:

Refining the Simple Performance Tester for Use in Routine Practice (2008)

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Ramon Bonaquist; Transportation Research Board

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 614: Refining the Simple Performance Tester for Use in Routine Practice explores the develop of a practical, economical simple performance tester (SPT) for use in routine hot-mix asphalt (HMA) mix design and in the characterization of HMA materials for pavement structural design with the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide.

NCHRP Report 614:

Refining the Simple Performance Tester for Use in Routine Practice (2008)

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NCHRP Report 614:

Refining the Simple Performance Tester for Use in Routine Practice (2008)

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Description

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Front Matter i-x

Summary 1-2

1.2.1 Simple Performance Test System 3-3

1.2.2 Simple Performance Test Specimen Fabrication System 4-4

2.2 MEPDG Dynamic Modulus Master Curve 5-6

2.3 Proposed Dynamic Modulus Master Curve Modification 7-7

2.4 Comparison of Master Curves Using Complete and Reduced Data Sets 8-10

2.5 Abbreviated Dynamic Modulus Master Curve Testing Conditions 11-13

2.8 Summary and Draft Standard Practice 14-15

3.2.1 Procurement 16-17

3.2.2 Upgraded First Article Devices 18-19

3.2.3 Medical Device Testing Services First Article 20-22

3.2.4 IPC Global Production Unit 23-26

4.2 Automated Specimen Fabrication Equipment 27-27

4.2.2 Equipment Development 28-29

4.2.3. Specification Compliance Testing 30-32

4.2.4 Needed Improvements 33-34

5.3 Simple Performance Test Specimen Fabrication 35-36

References 37-37

Glossary 38-38

Appendix A - Proposed Standard Practices 39-39

Proposed Standard Practice for Developing Dynamic Modulus Master Curves for Hot-Mix Asphalt Concrete Using the Simple Performance Test System 40-48

Proposed Standard Practice for Preparation of Cylindrical Performance Test Specimens Using the Superpave Gyratory Compactor 49-64

Appendix B - Revised Simple Performance Test System Specification 65-137

Appendix C - Simple Performance Test Specimen Fabrication System Specification 138-142

Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications 143-143

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