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      <title>Research for AASHTO Standing Committee on Highways. Task 412. Adjustments to the Superpave Volumetric Mixture Design Procedure for Selecting Optimum Asphalt Content</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The objectives of this research were to (1) summarize and evaluate successful approaches currently being used by SHAs to adjust the Superpave volumetric mixture design to obtain higher asphalt binder contents; (2) verify the increase in optimum asphalt content through a limited laboratory experiment that compares successful approaches with the current AASHTO standards; and (3) document these results as proposed appendixes or amendments to AASHTO R 35, AASHTO M 323, or both.]]></description>
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      <title>Development of Rational CPCD Pavement Design Procedures</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The usage of CPCD (Concrete Pavement Contraction Design) has been quite limited in Texas since the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) policy of utilizing CRCP was enacted in 2010. That policy was based on rather poor performance of CPCD built on poor slab support and/or without dowels. The new requirement of coefficient of thermal expansion (CoTE) of concrete for CRCP will undoubtedly increase the use of CPCD in Texas. The current TxDOT pavement design method for CPCD is based on the method in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) 93 Pavement Design Guide, which was developed from the findings in the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) Road Test. However, the pavement structures evaluated in the AASHO Road Test are quite different from those currently in use in Texas. Accordingly, the distress types and their mechanisms observed in the AASHO Road Test are quite different from those observed in Texas, which implies that the current TxDOT pavement design method for CPCD may not be the most accurate and efficient one to be used in Texas. An improved CPCD design procedure is needed that accurately reflects the pavement behavior and performance in Texas. An improved procedure will result in more realistic and optimized pavement structures. This design procedure could be used for the development of catalog design, if TxDOT deems desirable.]]></description>
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