Asphalt Mixture Design and Balanced Mix Design
Informational Webpage
Tech Briefs
- Tech Brief: Balanced Mix Design of Asphalt Mixtures: Challenges & Opportunities,
Cooperative Agreement Material 2025 - Tech Brief: Adjustment of Asphalt Mix Design/Job Mix Formula to Satisfy Mechanical Test Properties,
Cooperative Agreement Material 2023 - 1-page Summary of Adjustment of Asphalt Mix Design/Job Mix Formula to Satisfy Mechanical Test Properties,
Cooperative Agreement Material 2023 - Tech Brief: Balanced Asphalt Mix Design: Eight Tasks for Implementation,
FHWA-HIF-22-048 2022 - Tech Brief: Testing for Fatigue Cracking in the Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester,
FHWA-HIF-16-027 2016 - Tech Brief: Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester (AMPT),
FHWA-HIF-13-005 2013 - Tech Brief: A Review of Aggregate and Asphalt Mixture Specific Gravity Measurements and Their Impacts on Asphalt Mix Design Properties and Mix Acceptance,
FHWA-HIF-11-033 2011 - Tech Brief: Superpave Gyratory Compactors,
FHWA-HIF-11-032 2011 - Tech Brief: Superpave Mix Design and Gyratory Compaction Levels,
FHWA-HIF-11-031 2011
Publications
- 2024 Lead States Balanced Mix Design (BMD) Peer Exchange: Outcomes Summary,
FHWA-HIF-25-007 2025 - 2024 Mid-Atlantic Peer Exchange on Balanced Mix Design (BMD): Outcomes Summary,
FHWA-HIF-25-008 2025 - 2024 Accelerated Implementation and Deployment of Pavement Technologies (AIDPT) Pooled Fund Peer Exchange on Balanced Mix Design (BMD): Outcomes Summary,
FHWA-HIF-24-066 2024 - 2023 Midwest Peer Exchange on Balanced Mix Design (BMD): Outcomes Summary,
FHWA-HIF-24-030 2024 - 2023 Rocky Mountain West Peer Exchange on Balanced Mix Design (BMD): Outcomes Summary,
FHWA-HIF-23-029 2023 - 2023 Northeast Peer Exchange on Balanced Mix Design (BMD): Outcomes and Summary,
FHWA-HIF-23-042 2023 - 2023 North Central Peer Exchange on Balanced Mix Design (BMD): Outcomes and Summary,
FHWA-HIF-23-032 2023 - 2023 Southeast Peer Exchange on Balanced Mix Design (BMD): Outcomes and Summary,
FHWA-HIF-23-031 2023 - Positive Practices, Lessons Learned, and Challenges When Implementing Balanced Design of Asphalt Mixtures: Site Visits,
Cooperative Agreement Material 2022 - Rutting Strain Index (RSI) Parameter for Asphalt Performance Engineered Mixture Design,
FHWA-HRT-21-044 2021 - Index-Based Tests for Performance Engineered Mixture Designs for Asphalt Pavements,
FHWA-HIF-19-103 2019 - Case studies on the implementation of balanced mix design and performance tests for asphalt mixtures: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans),
Cooperative Agreement Material 2021 - Case studies on the implementation of balanced mix design and performance tests for asphalt mixtures: Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT),
Cooperative Agreement Material 2021 - Case studies on the implementation of balanced mix design and performance tests for asphalt mixtures: Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development (LaDOTD),
Cooperative Agreement Material 2021 - Case studies on the implementation of balanced mix design and performance tests for asphalt mixtures: Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT),
Cooperative Agreement Material 2021 - Case studies on the implementation of balanced mix design and performance tests for asphalt mixtures: New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT),
Cooperative Agreement Material 2021 - Case studies on the implementation of balanced mix design and performance tests for asphalt mixtures: Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT),
Cooperative Agreement Material 2021 - Case studies on the implementation of balanced mix design and performance tests for asphalt mixtures: Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT),
Cooperative Agreement Material 2021