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Publication Number: FHWA-RD-01-168 Date: July 2006 |
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This report documents a detailed review of the Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Special Pavements Study—5 (SPS-5) experiment. The purpose of the review was to determine the adequacy of the data provided by the experiment. The SPS-5 experiment, entitled Rehabilitation of Asphalt Concrete Pavements, is one of the key experiments of the LTPP program. Its goal is to develop improved methodologies and strategies for the rehabilitation of flexible pavements. The review concentrated on the core experimental test sections, with secondary emphasis on the supplemental test sections that were built by individual agencies for each SPS-5 project.
As a result of this work, the data availability and completeness for the SPS-5 experiment were found to be good overall with two exceptions. The two critical elements or parameters found to have significant deficiencies were the traffic and materials test data. These data deficiencies need to be addressed before a comprehensive analysis of the SPS-5 experiment is conducted. The majority of the SPS-5 data that were collected were at level E.
This report will be of interest to highway agency engineers involved in the collection, processing, and analysis of data that shed light on ways to improve on the design procedures and standards for rehabilitating hot mix asphalt-surfaced pavements.
Gary L. Henderson
Director, Office of Infrastructure
Research and Development
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1. Report No. FHWA-RD-01-168 | 2. Government Accession No. | 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. | |
4. Title and Subtitle REHABILITATION OF ASPHALT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS: INITIAL EVALUATION OF THE SPS-5 EXPERIMENT—FINAL REPORT | 5. Report Date July 2006 | ||
6. Performing Organization Code | |||
7. Author(s) Harold L. Von Quintus, Amy L. Simpson, Ahmed A. Eltahan | 8. Performing Organization Report No. | ||
9. Performing Organization Name and Address Fugro-BRE, Inc. | 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) C6B | ||
11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-96-C-00003 | |||
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address Office of Engineering Research and Development | 13. Type of Report and Period Covered Final Report | ||
14. Sponsoring Agency’s Code | |||
15. Supplementary Notes Work was conducted as part of the LTPP Data Analysis Technical Support Contract. | |||
16. Abstract The SPS-5 experiment, entitled Rehabilitation of Asphalt Concrete Pavements, is one of the key experiments of the TPP program. The objective of this experiment is to determine the relative influence and long-term effectiveness of different rehabilitation techniques (including overlay thickness, material, and surface preparation) and site conditions (traffic, pre-existing pavement condition, and climatic factors) on performance. This report documents the first comprehensive review and evaluation of data completeness and availability from the SPS-5 experiment. Eighteen SPS-5 projects have been identified. At each site there are nine core test sections. Some SPS-5 projects also have various supplemental sections. 210 test sections are included in the SPS-5 experiment. The data availability and completeness were good overall for the SPS-5 experiment with two exceptions: traffic and materials test data. These data deficiencies need to be addressed before a comprehensive analysis of the SPS-5 experiment is conducted. Both of these data elements must be collected in order for the SPS-5 experiment to meet the expectations for calibrating and validating mechanistic models. The majority of the SPS-5 data that were collected were at level E. Required experiment design factors were compared with the actual experiment design for the large majority of the design factors and can be characterized as good to excellent when comparing designed versus constructed. One project had yet to be constructed and materials testing and data processing still needed to be completed. | |||
17. Key Words Design factors, experimental design, HMAC, LTPP, performance trends, SPS-5, overlay | 18. Distribution Statement No restrictions. This document is available to the public through | ||
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APPENDIX B. CONSTRUCTION DATA SUMMARY
| AC | asphalt concrete |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| AGG | aggregate bases (identical to dense graded aggregate base materials) |
| ATB | automatic vehicle classification (or automated vehicle classifiers) |
| AVC | asphalt-treated base mixtures |
| AWS | automated weather station |
| COV | coefficient of variance |
| CTB | cement-treated base |
| DGAB | dense-graded aggregate base |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| ESAL | equivalent single axle load |
| FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
| FWD | falling weight deflectometer |
| GPS | General Pavement Studies |
| HMA | hot mix asphalt |
| IMS | Information Management System |
| IRI | International Roughness Index |
| LTB | lime-treated base |
| LTS | lime-treated subgrade |
| LTPP | Long-Term Pavement Performance |
| NAA | National Aggregate Association |
| NCDC | National Climatic Data Center |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| OGFC | open graded friction course |
| p | probability value |
| PFC | porous friction course |
| QC/QA | quality control/quality assurance |
| RAP | Recycled Asphalt Pavement |
| RCO | Regional Coordination Office |
| RIMS | Regional Information Management System |
| SAMI | stress absorbing membrane interlayer |
| SHA | State Highway Authority |
| SHRP | Strategic Highway Research Program |
| SPS | Special Pavement Studies |
| WIM | weigh in motion |
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AB—Alberta, Canada AL—Alabama AZ—Arizona CA—California CO—Colorado FL—Florida GA—Georgia MB—Manitoba, Canada MD—Maryland |
ME—Maine MN—Minnesota MO—Missouri MS—Mississippi MT—Montana NJ—New Jersey NM—New Mexico OK—Oklahoma TX—Texas |
