Skip to main content

Currently Skimming:


Pages 1-5

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 1...
... RESEARCH APPROACH The SHRP Asphalt Research program generated thousands of pages of reports, meeting minutes, papers, articles, and more. In documenting the history of this program, the research team reviewed written documents from published sources.
From page 2...
... implementation effort stretching over a period of more than 20 years. The following lessons may benefit future large-scale research programs.
From page 3...
... 1 CHAPTER 1. BACKGROUND The Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP, pronounced "Sharp")
From page 4...
... 2 technological advances occur in the future, or as time and funding become available, these alternate paths may be fruitful areas of inquiry. Second, understanding the successes and disappointments of SHRP can help with the design of future focused research programs and implementation efforts.
From page 5...
... 3 1.2.1 Technical Issues in this Report This report is not intended as a technical critique of the research results; hence it does not focus on deep discussion of the research findings. Some level of detail, however, is necessary to tell the story of how the Superpave system was developed and implemented.

Key Terms



This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More information on Chapter Skim is available.