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Project ID:FHWA-PROJ-10-0027
Project Name: Performance of Conventional Hot Mix Asphalt Overlays and High Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Content Overlays
Status: Terminated
Contact:Last Name:   Gibson
First Name:   Nelson H
Telephone:  202-493-3073
E-mail:         nelson.gibson@dot.gov
Organization:Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office: Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
Team: Pavement Materials Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s): Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap
Project Description: This activity conducts laboratory characterization of thin overlays on existing test pavements at the accelerated load facility.
Laboratories: Pavement Testing Facility
Binder Laboratory
Bituminous Mixtures Laboratory
Start Date: June 16, 2010
End Date: March 14, 2012
Funding Amount:$0.00
FHWA Program Name: Innovative Pavement Research and Deployment
Goals:
Recycled pavement materials for pavement preservation and rehabilitation design.
Project Type: Onsite
Background Information: Data not yet available
Test Methodology: Data not yet available
Other Information: Data not yet available
Partners: Data not yet available
More Information URL(s):
Fieldtest: Data not yet available
Expected Benefits: The expected benefit is reduced construction costs by using recycled materials and by extending life with pavement preservation.
Deliverables: Name: Construction and Performance of 4.75 mm Nominal Maximum Aggregate Size (NMAS) Superpave Thin Overlay Containing Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP)
Product Type(s): Research report
Description: The deliverable is a research report quantifying the estimated extension in life from use of thin overlays for preservation.
Audiences: Researchers, State highway agencies
Secondary Audiences:
Related URL(s):
Project Findings: Data not yet available
FHWA Topics: Research/Technologies--Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
TRT Terms: Reclaimed Asphalt Pavements
Preservation
Fatigue Cracking
Infrastructure
Research
Construction
Costs
FHWA Disciplines: Pavement and Materials
Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation
Materials
Pavements