Asphalt Paving Technology 2012

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

• Laboratory and Field Evaluation of Sustainable Photocatalytic Asphalt Pavements
• Renewable Fuel Co-Products—Potential Uses in Asphalt
• Rutting Characterization of Warm Mix Asphalt and High RAP Mixtures
• Evaluation of Laboratory Coating and Compaction Procedures for Cold Mix Asphalt
• Internal Structure Characterization of Asphalt Mixtures for Rutting Performance Using Imaging Analysis
• Characterizing Viscoelastic Properties of Asphalt Mixtures Utilizing Loaded Wheel Tester (LWT)
• Effects of Interface Condition Characteristics on Open-Graded Friction Course Top-Down Cracking Performance
• Development of Fracture Energy Based Interface Bond Test for Asphalt Concrete
• Investigation of Size Effect in Asphalt Mixture Fracture Testing at Low Temperature
• Modeling of Fatigue Damage Functions for Hot Mix Asphalt and Application to Surface Cracking
• Modeling and Evaluation of the Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Mixtures Using the Semi-Circular Bending Test at Intermediate Temperatures
• Predictive Relationships for HMA Fracture Properties Based on Mixture Component Characteristics
• Measured and Predicted Performance Impacts from Reduced Design Gyrations
• Effects of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Content and Virgin Binder Grade on Properties of Plant Produced Mixtures
• Performance Characteristics of Plant-Produced High RAP Mixtures
• Recommendations for the Characterization of RAP Aggregate Properties Using Traditional Testing and Mixture Volumetrics
• Successful High RAP Mixes Designed with Balanced Rutting and Cracking Requirements
• Laboratory Evaluation of Asphalt Mixtures Containing Dry Added Ground Tire Rubber and a Processing Aid
• The Effect of Loose Mix Aging on the Performance of Warm Mix Asphalt
• GB5 Mix Design: High-Performance and Cost-Effective Asphalt Concretes by Use of Gap-Graded Curves and SBS Modified Bitumens
• Laboratory Evaluation of High Polymer Plant-Produced Mixtures
• Relationship between Bond Energy and Total Work of Fracture for Asphalt Binder-Aggregate Systems
• Measuring Physico-Chemical Interaction in Mastics Using Glass Transition
• Development of a Compact Laboratory Aging Procedure for Asphalt Binders
• Delayed Mechanical Response in Modified Asphalt Binders Characteristics, Modeling and Engineering Implications

SYMPOSIUM—TRENDS AND CHALLENGES IN PRODUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF HMA

• Recent Advances in Production Facilities
• Production and Construction of HMA and WMA: How to Get a Laboratory Mix Design to Work Through the Plant
• Layer Thickness, Compaction Temperatures, and Achieving Density
• Best Practices for Specifying and Constructing HMA Longitudinal Joints
• Milling and Paving Operations for Smoothness and Uniformity

INTERNATIONAL FORUM—EVOLUTION AND DIRECTION OF ASPHALT SPECIFICATIONS AND RESEARCH IN LATIN AMERICA

• Evolution and Direction of Asphalt Specifications and Research in Latin America
• Asphalt Technology in Chile: Leading Research and Practice
• Asphalt Specifications and Research Challenges in Colombia
• Advances in Asphalt Research and Specifications in Central America—Costa Rica

List of Award Winners
List of Officers and Life Members
Index of Contributors and Discussors

CD TABLE OF CONTENTS
In addition to the papers listed above, the following items are also included in the CD:

• AAPT List of Members
• Presentations of Papers Presented at 2012 Annual Meeting
• 2012 Annual Meeting Pictures

1. Laboratory and field evaluation of sustainable photocatalytic asphalt pavements
2. Renewable fuel co-products—potential uses in asphalt
3. Rutting characterization of warm mix asphalt and high RAP mixtures
4. Evaluation of laboratory coating and compaction procedures for cold mix asphalt
5. Internal structure characterization of asphalt mixtures for rutting performance using imaging analysis
6. Characterizing viscoelastic properties of asphalt mixtures utilizing loaded wheel tester (LWT)
7. Effect of interface condition characteristics on open-graded friction course top-down cracking performance
8. Development of fracture-energy-based interface bond text for asphalt concrete
9. Investigation of size effect in asphalt mixture fracture testing at low temperature
10. Modeling of fatigue damage functions for hot mix asphalt and application to surface cracking
11. Modeling and evaluation of the cracking resistance of asphalt mixtures using the semi-circular bending test at intermediate temperatures
12. Predictive relationships for HMA fracture properties based on mixture component characteristics
13. Measured and predicted performance impacts from reduced design gyrations
14. Effects of reclaimed asphalt pavement content and virgin binder grade on properties of plant-produced mixtures
15. Performance characteristics of plant-produced high RAP mixtures
16. Recommendations for the characterization of RAP aggregate properties using traditional testing and mixture volumetrics
17. Successful high RAP mixes designed with balanced rutting and cracking requirements
18. Laboratory evaluation of asphalt mixtures containing dry added ground tire rubber and a processing aid
19. The effect of loose mix aging on the performance of warm mix asphalt
20. GB5 mix design: High-performance and cost-effective asphalt concretes by is of gap-graded curves and SBS modified bitumens
21. Laboratory evaluation of high-polymer plant-produced mixtures
22. Relationship between bond energy and total work of fracture for asphalt binder-aggregate systems
23. Measuring physical-chemical interaction in mastics using glass transition
24. Development of a compact laboratory aging procedure for asphalt binders
25. Delayed mechanical response in modified asphalt binders: characteristics, modeling and engineering implications

PART II: Trends and challenges in production and construction of HMA
26. Recent advances in production facilities
27. Production and construction of HMA and WMA: How to get a laboratory mix design to work through the plant
28. Layer thickness, compaction temperatures and achieving density
29. Best practices for specifying and constructing HMA longitudinal joints

PART III International developments
30. Evolution and direction of asphalt specifications and research in Latin America
31. Asphalt technology in Chile: Leading research and practice
32. Asphalt research in Colombia
33. Advances in asphalt research in Costa Rica