TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 669: Models for Predicting Reflection Cracking of Hot-Mix Asphalt Overlays explores mechanistic-based models for predicting the extent and severity of reflection cracking in hot-mix asphalt overlays.
Appendices A through T to NCHRP Report 669 are available online. The titles of the appendices are as follows:
Appendix A: Program Flow Charts
Appendix B: Pavement Temperature Prediction
Appendix C: Categorization of Traffic Loads
Appendix D: Cumulative Axle Load Distribution as a Function of Tire Footprint Length
Appendix E: Determination of Hourly Traffic Numbers
Appendix F: Artificial Neural Network Models of Stress Intensity Factors
Appendix G: Binder and Mixture Properties
Appendix H: Fracture Properties of Asphalt Mixtures
Appendix I: Viscoelastic Thermal Stress Computation
Appendix J: Collection of Test Sections and Field Performance Data
Appendix K: Reflection Cracking Amount and Severity Model
Appendix L: Calibration of the Reflection Cracking Amount and Severity Model
Appendix M: Calibrated Parameters of the Reflection Cracking Amount and Severity Model
Appendix N: Calibration of the Computational Model to Field Data
Appendix O: User’s Guide to the Reflection Cracking Model
Appendix P: User’s Guide to the Computational Model to Field Data Calibration Program
Appendix Q: Finite Element Program to Calculate Stress Intensity Factor
Appendix R: Evaluation of Available Reflection Cracking Models
Appendix S: Sensitivity Analysis of Designing Program
Appendix T: The Comparison of Field Data and Predicting Results
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2010. Models for Predicting Reflection Cracking of Hot-Mix Asphalt Overlays. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/14410.
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Front Matter | i-ix | |
Chapter 1 - Introduction and Research Approach | 1-4 | |
Chapter 2 - Findings | 5-47 | |
Chapter 3 - Interpretations, Appraisal, and Applications | 48-55 | |
Chapter 4 - Summary and Suggested Research | 56-57 | |
References | 58-59 | |
Appendices | 60-60 | |
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications | 61-61 |
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