Ruggedness Study of Specimen Preparation and Fine-Tuning of Test Methods for IDT-CT and IDT-HT

The objective of this study is to conduct a ruggedness study on key factors that necessitate stricter control and more comprehensive guidelines during the specimen preparation of mixtures for the indirect tensile cracking test (IDT-CT) and indirect tensile at high temperature (IDT-HT) test. This will result in recommending unified and improved best practices, with a specific focus on specimen preparation, resulting in fine-tuning of the test methods, as the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is moving forward with the implementation of the Balanced Mix Design (BMD) concept.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $241447
• Contract Numbers:

  124496

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Virginia Transportation Research Council

  530 Edgemont Road
  Charlottesville, VA  United States  22903
• Managing Organizations:

  Virginia Transportation Research Council

  530 Edgemont Road
  Charlottesville, VA  United States  22903
• Project Managers:

  Habbouche, Jhony

• Performing Organizations:

  Virginia Transportation Research Council

  530 Edgemont Road
  Charlottesville, VA  United States  22903

  National Center for Asphalt Technology

  277 Technology Pkwy
  Auburn, AL  United States  36830
• Principal Investigators:

  Habbouche, Jhony

  Boz, Ilker

  Moore, Nathan

  Taylor, Adam

• Start Date: 20231101
• Expected Completion Date: 20250630
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High temperature; Mix design; Specimens; Tensile strength; Test procedures
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01895991
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Virginia Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 124496
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 14 2023 9:43AM