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Superpave
Strategic Highway Research
Program (SHRP)
• 5 years, $150 million
• Areas of Interest
– Asphalt materials ($50 million)
– Cement and concrete
– Long-term pavement performance
– Highway operations
– Maintenance effectiveness
Superpave - What is It?
• Superior Performing Asphalt
Pavements
• Refers Collectively to the Products of
SHRP Asphalt Research Program
• A System for Overcoming
– Rutting
– Low temp cracking
– Fatigue cracking
The Superpave System
• Performance Based
Binder Specification
Binder Physical Property Tests
Mixture Design
Mixture Tests
Superpave Binder
Specification
PG 64-22
restricted
zone
nom max
control point max size
size
0
.075 .3 2.36 4.75 9.5 12.5 19.0
80
Percent Passing
60
40
20
0
.075 .3 2.36 19 25
Sieve Size, mm, Raised to 0.45 Power
Short Term Aging
reaction
frame loading
ram
rotating
base
Compaction
• Gyratory compactor
– Axial and shearing action
– 150 mm diameter molds
• Aggregate size up to 37.5 mm
• Height measurement during compaction
–Allows densification during
compaction to be evaluated
Ram pressure
600 kPa
1.25o
Compaction
Example of typical full-size compactors.
SGC Compaction Curve
% Gmm
Nmax
Ndes
Nini
10 100 1000
Log Gyrations
Compaction Table
20-yr.
Design Ninitial Ndesign Nmaximum
ESAL (M)
0-0.3 6 50 75
0.3-3 7 75 115
Number of Gyrations
Superpave Testing
• Specimen heights
• Mixture volumetrics
– Air voids
• Dust proportion
• Moisture sensitivity
Superpave Mixture Design
• Determine mixture properties at NDesign and compare
to criteria
Increasing asphalt
96% cement content
(4% Voids)
< 0.3 70 to 80
1 to 3 65 to 78
> 3.0 65 to 75
Superpave Mixture Design
% Passing #200 Sieve
0.6 < < 1.8
% Effective Binder
Superpave Mixture Design
• Moisture Sensitivity
– Prepare set of 6 specimens
• 6 to 8% voids
–Represents anticipated in-service voids
– Determine tensile strength of 3 of specimens
– Saturate and condition remaining 3 in water bath
(60oC, 24 hr.)
• Option for freeze cycle
– Bring to test temperature (25oC) and determine
wet (conditioned) tensile strength
Moisture Sensitivity
AASHTO T 283
• Measured on proposed aggregate blend and
binder content
• Reduced compactive effort to increase voids
Indirect tensile
strength apparatus
for 100 mm
specimens
Selection of Design
Binder Content
Va VMA
VFA
DP
% binder
% binder
% binder % binder