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Publication Number: FHWA-RD-07-052
Date: September 2007

Long Term Pavement Performance Project Laboratory Materials Testing and Handling Guide

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FOREWORD

The Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program is an ongoing and active program. To obtain current information and access to other technical references, LTPP data users should visit the LTPP Web site at https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/ltpp. LTPP data requests, technical questions, and data user feedback can be submitted to LTPP customer service via e-mail at ltpp info@fhwa.dot.gov.

Director, Office of Infrastructure
Research and Development

Notice

This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the use of the information contained in this document. This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation.

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Quality Assurance Statement

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provides high-quality information to serve Government, industry, and the public in a manner that promotes public understanding. Standards and policies are used to ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of its information.FHWA periodically reviews quality issues and adjusts its programs and processes to ensure continuous quality improvement.

Technical Report Documentation Page

1. Report No.

FHWA-HRT-07-052

2. Government Accession No.

3. Recipient’s Catalog No.

4. Title and Subtitle

Long Term Pavement Performance Project Laboratory Materials Testing And Handling Guide

5. Report Date

September 2007

6. Performing Organization Code

7. Author(s)

A.L. Simpson, P.N. Schmalzer, and G.R. Rada

8. Performing Organization Report No.

9. Performing Organization Name and Address

MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
12104 Indian Creek Court, Suite A
Beltsville, MD 20705-1242

10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)

11. Contract or Grant No.

DTFH61-02-C-00007

12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
Federal Highway Administration
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22101-2296

13. Type of Report and Period Covered

Final Report, June 2005 to June 2006

14. Sponsoring Agency Code

15. Supplementary Notes

Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR): Aramis Lopez, Jr., HRDI-13

16. Abstract

The Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP)Laboratory Material Testing Guide was originally prepared for laboratory material handling and testing of material specimens and samples of asphalt materials, portland cement concrete, aggregates, and soils under the supervision of the Strategic Highway Research Program. This version of the Guide has been updated to provide a historical reference document for analysts of the LTPP data. It provides the basis for the quality control program used in performing the laboratory testing, the protocols used in testing the material samples, and the guidelines for handling these samples in the laboratory. Additionally, this document provides the guidelines used for identifying the pavement structure based on the material properties of the sampled layers.

17. Key Words

Asphalt cement, asphalt concrete, field sampling, General Pavement Studies, laboratory testing, LTPP, material properties, pavement layering, Pavement Performance Data Base, portland cement concrete, protocol,Specific Pavement Studies, subbase, subgrade, treated base, unbound base

18. Distribution Statement

No restrictions. This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161.

19. Security Classif. (of this report)

Unclassified

20. Security Classif. (of this page)

Unclassified

21. No. of Pages

587

22. Price

FormDOT F 1700.7 (8-72) Reproduction of completed page authorized


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Quality Control/Quality Assurance Procedures

Chapter 3. Test Preparation

Chapter 4. Testing Instructions

Chapter 5. Section Layering

Glossary

References

LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AAPAASHTO Accreditation Program
AASHTOAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ACAsphalt Concrete
ASTMAmerican Society for Testing and Materials
BBR Bending beam Rheometer
COTRContracting Officer's Technical Representative
CTB Cement treated Base
CTRCoefficient of Thermal Expansion
DCP Dynamic cone Penetrometer
DOTDepartment of Transportation
DSR Dynamic shear Rheometer
FHWAFederal Highway Administration
FWDFalling Weight Deflectometer
GPSGeneral Pavement Studies
HCL Hydrochloric acid
HMAHotmix Asphalt
HMACHotmix Asphalt Concrete
ISSAInternational Slurry Surfacing Association
L/DLength to Diameter Ratio
LCBLean Concrete Base
LLLiquid Limit
LTPPLong Term Pavement Performance
LVDTLinear Voltage Displacement Transducer
MAPMaterials Action Plan
MRLMaterials Reference Library
NAANational Aggregate Association
NISTNational Institute of Standards and Technology
PAVPressure Aging Vessel
PCCPortland Cement Concrete
PIPlasticity Index
PL Plastic limit
PPDBPavement Performance Data Base
PVRPotential Vertical Rise
QAQuality Assurance
QCQuality Control
RTFOrolling thin film oven
SHRPStrategic Highway Research Program
SPSSpecific Pavement Studies
SSD Saturated Surface Dry

 

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