Advances in Interlaboratory Testing and Evaluation of Bituminous Materials

Preface.- Acknowledgement (Participating Experts and Laboratories).- 1. Introduction, by Partl et al: Background of RILEM interlaboratory tests.- Methodology for testing of bituminous pavement materials principles - basic elements of a testing framework.- Principles for planning interlaboratory tests.- References.- 2. Binder Testing, by Sybilski et al: Bituminous binder fatigue testing: State-of-the-art.- Binder fatigue properties and the results of the RILEM round robin test.- Test description: RILEM binder fatigue test.- References.- 3. Mixture Design and Compaction, by Bahia et al: Background.- Mixture design methods.- Hot mix asphalt image acquisition, processing, and analysis procedures.- Effect of compaction methods on internal structure and air void distribution of asphalt mixture.- RILEM TG2 group study on internal aggregate structure of hot mix asphalt.- Concluding remarks.- References.- 4. Mechanical Testing of Bituminous Mixtures, by Di Benedetto et al: Introduction.- Wheel tracking tests (WTT) campaigns on mixtures made with pure and modified bitumen.- Modeling and finite elements calculation.- References.- 5. Interlaboratory Tests on Pavement Performance Prediction and Evaluation - Rutting, by Piber et al: Introduction.- Pavement of the test section.- Rutting measurements and predictions by the laboratories.- Field measurements and data collection by the road operator.- Data evaluation.- Conclusions.- References.- 6. Mechanical Testing of Interlayer Bonding in Asphalt Pavements, by Canestrari et al.: Overview on interlayer bonding in asphalt pavements.- Inter-laboratory test on interlayer bonding of asphalt pavements.- Conclusions.- References.- 7. Hot Recycling of Bituminous Mixtures, by DeLaRoche et al: Introduction.- Use of reclaimed asphalt in Europe.- Development of a laboratory aging protocol for bituminous mixtures.- Organisation of round robin test.- Results of round robin test.- Conclusions and recommendations on laboratory ageing of bituminous mixtures.- References.- Annex: Principle of infrared spectroscopy.- 8. General Summary and Outlook, by Chailleux et al: Introduction.- RILEM technical committee summary and feedback.- RILEM technical committee outlook.- Concluding remarks.- References.- Index.