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57 Glossary AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AC Asphalt concrete AMPT Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester AMRL AASHTO Materials Reference Laboratory APA Asphalt Pavement Analyzer test equipment ARHCA Alberta Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association BBR Bending beam rheometer BDWSC Bridge deck waterproof surface course BRBC Bottom rich base course BRIC Binder rich intermediate course DCT Disc-shaped compact tension (fracture energy test) DOT Department of transportation (state highway agency) E*  Dynamic modulus of asphalt mixtures ESAL Equivalent single axle load FAA Fine aggregate angularity FWD Falling Weight Deflectometer G* Complex Shear Modulus of Bituminous Mixtures GTR Ground tire rubber HMA Hot mix asphalt HPTO High performance thin overlay HWTD Hamburg Wheel Tracking Device IDT Indirect Tension Test IRI International Roughness Index JMF Job mix formula LWT Loaded wheel tracking test MOT Ministry of transportation (Canada) MSR Minimum Strain Rate PBS Performance-based specifications PCC Portland cement concrete PEM Porous European mix PG Performance Grade of a Superpave Asphalt Binder PRS Performance-related specifications QA Quality assurance QC Quality control RA Reclaimed asphalt pavement RAS Recycled asphalt shingles SBS Styreneâbutadieneâstyrene SCB Semi-circular Bend Test SHRP Strategic Highway Research Program SMA Stone matrix asphalt S-VECD Simplified Viscoelastic Continuum Damage TRLPD Triaxial Repeated Load Permanent Deformation TSR Tensile Strength Ratio TSRST Thermal Stress Restrained Specimen Test VCA Voids in the coarse aggregate VFA Voids filled with asphalt VIM Voids in the mix VMA Voids in the mineral aggregate WMA Warm mix asphalt
