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NCHRP Report 712: Optimization of Tack Coat for HMA Placement (2012)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

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Button, Joe, Elseifi, Mostafa A, Scherocman, James A, Mohammad, Louay N, Bae, Abraham, Patel, Nachiketa, Transportation Research Board. "4.4.2 Effect of Confining Pressure." NCHRP Report 712: Optimization of Tack Coat for HMA Placement. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2012.

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Front Matter (R1-R11)
Summary (1-3)
1.3 Research Scope (4-4)
1.4 Research Approach (5-6)
2.1 Tack Coat Materials (7-7)
2.3 Tack Coat Breaking and Setting Time (8-8)
2.4.1 Equipment (9-9)
2.4.2 Proper Tack Coat Application (10-10)
2.5.1 Laboratory Characterization of Tack Coats (11-13)
2.6 Worldwide Survey (14-18)
3.2.1 HMA Pavement Surface Preparation (19-19)
3.2.3 Tack Coat Application (20-21)
3.2.4 Overlay Construction (22-23)
3.2.6 Specimen Coring and Conditioning (24-26)
3.3 Experiment Plan I: Development of a Test Device to Evaluate the Quality of the Bond Strength of Tack Coat Spray Application in the Field (27-27)
3.6 Experiment Plan IV: Effects of Test Temperature and Its Relationship with Tack Coat Rheology (28-29)
3.8 Experiment Plan VI: Effects of Surface Texture and Permeability on Interface Shear Strength (30-31)
3.9 Theoretical Investigation (32-34)
4.1.2 Types of Tack Coat Applied to Different Pavement Surfaces (35-36)
4.1.3 Findings Related to Tack Coat Application Methods (37-43)
4.1.4 Findings Related to Tack Coat Application (44-44)
4.2 Experiment I: Development of a Test Device to Evaluate the Quality of the Bond Strength of Tack Coat Spray Application in the Field (45-45)
4.2.2 Second Generation of LTCQT (46-47)
4.2.3 Development of Tack Coat Test Procedure Using LTCQT (48-48)
4.2.5 Effect of Tack Coat Temperature on the Ultimate Tensile Strength (49-50)
4.3 Experiment II: Rheological Properties of Tack Coat Materials and Its Relationship to Bond Strength (51-51)
4.3.2 Relationship Between LTCQT Test Results and Tack Coat Rheological Properties (52-52)
4.4 Experiment III: Development of a Laboratory Test Procedure to Measure the Interface Bond Strength (53-54)
4.4.1 Effects of Tack Coat Characteristics on Interface Shear Strength (55-57)
4.4.2 Effect of Confining Pressure (58-59)
4.4.3 Effect of Dusty Conditions of HMA Surface (60-60)
4.5.1 Interface Bond Strength at Various Temperatures (61-64)
4.5.3 Relationship Between Interface Shear Strength and Tack Coat Rheology (65-65)
4.6.1 Effects of Tack Coat Type and Residual Application Rate (66-67)
4.6.3 Effects of Surface Wetness (68-68)
4.7 Experimental VI: Effects of Texture and Permeability on Tack Coat Bond Strength (69-71)
4.8 Theoretical Investigation (72-79)
Section 5 - Conclusions (80-81)
References (82-83)
Appendix A - Worldwide Survey Questionnaire (84-88)
Appendix B - ATacker Displacement Rate Verification Experiment (89-89)
Appendix C - Standard Test Method for Assessing Tack Coat Installation Quality Using the LTCQT (90-96)
Appendix D - Comparison of the LISST Device and the Simple Shear Tester (97-97)
Appendix E - Standard Test Procedure for Measuring Interface Bond Strength in the Laboratory Using the LISST (98-105)
Appendix F - Tack Coat Training Manual (106-134)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications (135-135)

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58 70 SS-1h Interface Shear Strength (psi) 60 CRS-1 50 Trackless 40 30 20 10 0 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 Residual Application Rate (gal/yd2) (a) 10 SS-1h 9 CRS-1 8 Trackless 7 6 Air Voids 5 4 3 2 1 0 0.031 0.062 0.155 Residual Application Rate (gal/yd2) (b) Figure 61. Variation of ISS with residual application rates (a) and variation of air voids with residual application rates: clean and dry condition, no confinement, 25°C (b). voids. This may result in negative effects on the overlay perfor- and its resistance to deformation at high temperatures (G*/ mance, such as the appearance of "fat spots" on the pavement sin d) increased. Similar trends were observed at the low and surface, which may affect the friction properties of the mat. intermediate residual application rates. Several attempts were made to core the no-tack coat test area; however, these specimens failed at the interface during the 4.4.2 Effect of Confining Pressure coring process. It is noted that the best tack coat performer-- trackless at the highest residual application rate--provided Table 22 presents the statistical analysis of the effects of con- 60% of the monolithic (no interface) mixture shear strength finement on ISS based on t-tests. As shown in this table, the at 25°C, which was estimated at 105 psi. The worst tack coat majority of the cases (17 out of the 24 cases) indicated that performer--CRS-1--provided only 15% of the mixture confinement has a significant effect on the measured ISS. Fig- shear strength at the highest residual application rate. This ure 63 shows the ratio of ISS between the 0 and 20 psi confine- suggests that the construction of flexible pavements in mul- ment test conditions. The ratio of ISS between these two test tiple layers introduces weak zones at these interfaces. conditions increased as the residual application rate decreased. Figure 62 presents the relationships between rotational As the residual application rate decreased, increasing the con- viscosity, G*/sin d, and the softening point of the tack base fining pressure resulted in a more pronounced contribution asphalt with ISS at a residual application rate of 0.155 gal/ of the effect of roughness and aggregate resistance to sliding yd2. In general, good correlations were observed between at the interface; however, at higher residual application rates these rheological properties and the ISS values. The mea- (i.e., greater lubrication), the effect of aggregate roughness and sured interface strength increased as the tack coat viscosity resistance to sliding was less crucial since most of the ISS was

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59 3. 0 25 Dynamic Shear (G*/sin ) at 64°C Rotational Viscosity at 135°C A 2. 5 20 2. 0 2 R = 0. 95 15 (Pa-s) a (kPa) a 2 1. 5 R = 0. 96 10 1. 0 0. 5 5 0. 0 0 0 100 200 300 400 500 0 100 200 300 400 500 Interface Shear Strength at 25 °C (kP a) Interface Shear Strength at 25 °C (kPa) (a) Rotational Viscosity (b) Dynamic Shear Rheometer 100 80 Softening Point (°C) 60 40 2 R = 0.96 20 0 0 100 200 300 400 500 Interface Shear Strength at 25 °C (kPa) (c) Softening Point Figure 62. Relationship between ISS with 0.155 gal/yd 2 and rheology test results. Table 22. Statistical analysis of the effects of confinement on ISS. Tack Rate Statistical Test Condition P-value Results 0.031 Unconfined vs. Confined Clean-Dry 0.0110 Significant Unconfined vs. Confined Dusty-Dry 0.0440 Significant Unconfined vs. Confined Clean-Wet 0.3330 Not Significant Unconfined vs. Confined Dusty-Wet 0.0150 Significant 0.062 Unconfined vs. Confined Clean-Dry 0.0480 Significant Unconfined vs. Confined Dusty-Dry 0.0344 Significant SS-1h Unconfined vs. Confined Clean-Wet 0.8279 Not Significant Unconfined vs. Confined Dusty-Wet 0.0123 Significant 0.155 Unconfined vs. Confined Clean-Dry 0.3309 Not Significant Unconfined vs. Confined Dusty-Dry 0.0356 Significant Unconfined vs. Confined Clean-Wet 0.8608 Not Significant Unconfined vs. Confined Dusty-Wet 0.0128 Significant 0.031 Unconfined vs. Confined Clean-Dry 0.0323 Significant Unconfined vs. Confined Dusty-Dry 0.0087 Significant 0.062 Unconfined vs. Confined Clean-Dry 0.9486 Not Significant CRS-1 Unconfined vs. Confined Dusty-Dry 0.0037 Significant 0.155 Unconfined vs. Confined Clean-Dry 0.5532 Not Significant Unconfined vs. Confined Dusty-Dry < 0.0001 Significant 0.031 Unconfined vs. Confined Clean-Dry 0.0303 Significant Unconfined vs. Confined Dusty-Dry 0.0407 Significant 0.062 Unconfined vs. Confined Clean-Dry 0.0087 Significant Trackless Unconfined vs. Confined Dusty-Dry 0.0179 Significant 0.155 Unconfined vs. Confined Clean-Dry 0.8048 Not Significant Unconfined vs. Confined Dusty-Dry 0.0026 Significant