AASHTO R 46:2008 (R2012)
AASHTO R 46:2008 (R2012) Practice For Designing Stone Matrix Asphalt (Sma) Includes the design of Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA) using the Superpave Gyratory Compactor[TM] (SGC).
Table of Contents
1.SCOPE2.REFERENCEDDOCUMENTS
3.TERMINOLOGY
4.SUMMARYOFTHEPRACTICE
5.TESTSPECIMENS
6.SELECTIONOFTRIALGRADATIONS
7.SELECTIONOFTRIALBINDERCONTENT
8.DETERMINATIONOFVCAINCOARSE-AGGREGATEFRACTIONOF
MIXTURE
9.SELECTIONOFDESIREDGRADATION
10.SELECTIONOFOPTIMUMBINDERCONTENT
11.MOISTURESUSCEPTIBILITY
12.DRAINDOWNSENSITIVITY
13.ADJUSTINGMIXTURETOMEETPROPERTIES
14.REPORT
APPENDIX
X1.EXAMPLEOFBLENDINGAGGREGATECOMPONENTSTOSATISFY
SMAGRADATIONBANDS
X2.ADJUSTMENTOFMINIMUMBINDERCONTENTBASEDONBULK
SPECIFICGRAVITY(G[SB])OFTHECOMBINEDAGGREGATES