Advances in Pavement Design through Full-scale Accelerated Pavement Testing

Preface Conference organization Part 1: Overview of accelerated pavement testing A history of modern accelerated performance testing of pavement structures R.B. Powell A decade of full-scale accelerated pavement testing W.J.vdM. Steyn Part 2: Establishment of new accelerated pavement testing facilities PaveLab and Heavy Vehicle Simulator implementation at the National Laboratory of Materials and Testing Models of the University of Costa Rica J.P. Aguiar-Moya, J.P. Corrales, F. Elizondo & L. Loria-Salazar The Universidad de los Andes linear test track apparatus B. Caicedo, J. Monroy, S. Caro & E. Rueda Design and implementation of a full-scale accelerated pavement testing facility for extreme regional climates in China D. Zejiao, T. Yiqiu & L. Meili Part 3: Review of the impact of accelerated pavement testing programs on practice Significant findings from the first three research cycles at the NCAT pavement test track R.West & R.B. Powell A ten year review of the Florida's accelerated pavement testing program J. Greene & B. Choubane Fourteen years of accelerated pavement testing at Kansas State University M. Hossain, B.S. Bortz, H. Melhem, S.A. Romanoschi & A. Gisi The implementation of accelerated pavement testing findings into industry practice in New Zealand B.D. Steven, D.J. Alabaster & B.D. Pidwerbesky History of construction contracting methods used at MnROAD B.J.Worel &T.R. Clyne International case studies in support of successful applications of accelerated pavement testing in pavement engineering F. Hugo, M. Arraigada, L. Shu-ming, T. Zefeng & R.Y. Kim Part 4: Instrumentation for accelerated pavement testing Semi-automated crack analysis system for the Heavy Vehicle Simulator K. Sheppard, J. Greene, B. Choubane, J. White & J. Fletcher The CAPTIF unbound pavement strain measurement system F.R. Greenslade, D.J. Alabaster, B.D. Steven & B.D. Pidwerbesky Detection of debonding and vertical cracks with non destructive techniques during accelerated pavement testing J.-M. Simonin, V. Baltazart, P. Hornych, J.-P. Kerzreho, X. Derobert, S. Trichet, O. Durand, J. Alexandre & A. Joubert Rut depth measurement method and analysis at the FAA's National Airport Pavement Test Facility I. Song, R. Aponte & G. Hayhoe Direct measurement of residual stress in airport concrete pavements H. Yin, E. Guo & F. Pecht A modular data acquisition system for Heavy Vehicle Simulator tests R.Z.Wu, J.D. Lea & D. Jones Simulating the effects of instrumentation on measured pavement response F. Leiva-Villacorta & D.H. Timm Part 5: Accelerated pavement testing on asphalt concrete pavements Accelerated loading, laboratory, and field testing studies to fast-track the implementation of warm mix asphalt in California D. Jones, R.Z.Wu, B. Tsai, C. Barros & J. Peterson Assessment of response and performance of perpetual pavements with warm mix asphalt surfaces at the Ohio Accelerated Pavement Load Facility I. Khoury, S.M. Sargand, A. Al-Rawashdeh & W. Edwards Structural evaluation and short-term performance of sustainable pavement sections at the NCAT pavement test track A. Vargas-Nordcbeck & D.H. Timm Evaluation of a rubber modified asphalt mixture at the 2009 NCAT test track J.R.Willis, R.B. Powell & M.C. Rodezno Accelerated performance of a failed pavement on a soft clay subgrade after rehabilitation with high polymer mix at the NCAT pavement test track R.B. Powell Evaluation of a heavy polymer modified asphalt binder using accelerated pavement testing J. Greene, B. Choubane & P. Upshaw Accelerated pavement testing of low-volume paved roads with geocell reinforcement B.S. Bortz, M. Hossain, I. Halami &A. Gisi Accelerated pavement testing of two flexible road pavements to assess long-term structural performance J. Ritter, R. Rabe & A.Wolf Evaluation of a flexible pavement structure in an accelerated pavement test Th. Saevarsdottir & S. Erlingsson How low is too low? Assessing the risk of low air voids using accelerated pavement testing E. Levenberg, R.S. McDaniel &T.E. Nantung Exploratory evaluation of cracking performance of a 4.75mm NMAS overlay using full-scale accelerated loading X. Qi, X. Li, N.H. Gibson, T. Clark & K. McGhee Rutting resistance of asphalt pavements with fine sand subgrade under full-scale trafficking at high and ambient air temperature J.Wu, F. Ye, J. Ling, J. Qian & S. Li Initial tests results from the MLS10 Mobile Load Simulator in Switzerland M. Arraigada, M.N. Partl & A. Pugliessi Part 6: Accelerated pavement testing on portland cement concrete pavements Performance of thin jointed concrete pavements subjected to accelerated traffic loading at the MnROAD facility T.R. Burnham & B.I. Izevbekhai Accelerated pavement testing experiment of a pavement made of fiber-reinforced roller-compacted concrete M.L. Nguyen, J.M. Balay, C. Sauzeat, H. Di Benedetto, K. Bilodeau, F. Olard & B. Ficheroulle Provisional results from accelerated pavement testing of roller-compacted concrete in South Africa L. du Plessis, S.J.H. Louw, G. Rugodho & S. Musundi Accelerated pavement testing on slab and block pavements using the MLS10 Mobile Load Simulator R. Blab,W. Kluger-Eigl, J. Fussl & M. Arraigada Environmental and load effect on dowelled and undowelled portland cement concrete slabs S.M. Sargand & I. Khoury Study of failure mechanisms in rubblized concrete pavements with hot mix asphalt overlays N. Garg, G.F. Hayhoe & L. Ricalde Part 7: Accelerated pavement testing to evaluate functional performance Accelerated traffic load testing of seismic expansion joints for the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge D. Jones, R.Z.Wu &T.J. Holland Accelerated testing of noise performance of pavements H. Bendtsen, J. Oddershede, G. Hildebrandt, R.Z.Wu & D. Jones Performance evaluation of unsurfaced pavements using the UIUC Accelerated Transportation Loading Assembly D. Mishra & E. Tutumluer Use of accelerated pavement testing to validate Ride Quality Index Data T.R. Clyne Part 8: Relating laboratory tests to performance using accelerated pavement testing Towards improved characterization of cemented pavement materials R.E.Y. Yeo & W. Young Validating permanent deformation tests using accelerated pavement testing M.A. Moffatt, G.W. Jameson & J.W.H. Oliver The implementation of findings from accelerated pavement testing in pavement design and construction practice J. Kwon, M.H.Wayne, G.J. Norwood & J.S. Tingle Recommended asphalt binder fatigue performance specification from full-scale accelerated pavement tests considering aging effects N. Gibson, X. Qi, A. Andriescu &A. Copeland Part 9: Development and calibration of empirical and mechanistic-empirical pavement design procedures and models Calibrating full-scale accelerated pavement testing data using long-term pavement performance data W.J.vdM. Steyn, J.K. Anochie-Boateng, C. Fisher, D. Jones & L. Truter Using point level accelerated pavement testing data for calibration of performance models J.D. Lea Use of mechanistic-empirical performance simulations to adjust and compare results from accelerated pavement testing J.T. Harvey, D. Jones, J.D. Lea, R.Z.Wu, P. Ullidtz & B. Tsai Calibration of incremental-recursive rutting prediction models in CalME using Heavy Vehicle Simulator experiments E. Coleri, R.Z.Wu, J.T. Harvey & J. Signore Lessons learnt from the application of the CalME asphalt fatigue model to experimental data from the CEDEX test track A. Mateos, J.P. Ayuso, B. Cadavid & J.O. Marron Modeling of flexible pavement structure behavior - comparisons with Heavy Vehicle Simulator measurements A.W. Ahmed & S. Erlingsson Evaluation of the aggressiveness of different multi-axle loads using accelerated pavement tests J.-P. Kerzreho, P. Hornych, A. Chabot, S. Trichet, T. Gouy, G. Coirier & L. Deloffre Accelerated pavement testing-based pavement design catalogue W.J.vdM. Steyn Part 10: Benefit-cost analysis of accelerated pavement testing Developments in evaluating the benefits of implemented accelerated pavement testing results in California W.A. Nokes, M. Mahdavi, N.I. Burmas, T.J. Holland, L. du Plessis & J.T. Harvey Results of a case study determining economic benefits of accelerated pavement testing research in California L. du Plessis,W.A. Nokes, M. Mahdavi, N.I. Burmas, T.J. Holland & J.T. Harvey Author index