Advances in Interlaboratory Testing and Evaluation of Bituminous Materials State-of-the-Art Report of the RILEM Technical Committee 206-ATB

Preface.-  Acknowledgement (Participating Experts and Laboratories).-  1. Introduction, by Partl et al: Background of RILEM interlaboratory tests.-  Methodology for testing of bituminous pavement materials principles – basic elements of a testing framework.-  Principles for planning interlaboratory tests.-  References.-  2. Binder Testing, by Sybilski et al: Bituminous binder fatigue testing: State-of-the-art.-  Binder fatigue properties and the results of the RILEM round robin test.-  Test description: RILEM binder fatigue test.-  References.-  3. Mixture Design and Compaction, by Bahia et al:  Background.-  Mixture design methods.-  Hot mix asphalt image acquisition, processing, and analysis procedures.- Effect of compaction methods on internal structure and air void distribution of asphalt mixture.-  RILEM TG2 group study on internal aggregate structure of hot mix asphalt.-  Concluding remarks.-  References.-  4. Mechanical Testing of Bituminous Mixtures, by Di Benedetto et al:  Introduction.-  Wheel tracking tests (WTT) campaigns on mixtures made with pure and modified bitumen.-  Modeling and finite elements calculation.-  References.-  5. Interlaboratory Tests on Pavement Performance Prediction and Evaluation –  Rutting, by Piber et al:  Introduction.-  Pavement of the test section.-  Rutting measurements and predictions by the laboratories.-  Field measurements and data collection by the road operator.-  Data evaluation.-  Conclusions.-  References.-  6. Mechanical Testing of Interlayer Bonding in Asphalt Pavements, by Canestrari et al.: Overview on interlayer bonding in asphalt pavements.-  Inter-laboratory test on interlayer bonding of asphalt pavements.-  Conclusions.-  References.-  7. Hot Recycling of Bituminous Mixtures, by DeLaRoche et al:  Introduction.-  Use of reclaimed asphalt in Europe.-  Development of a laboratory aging protocol for bituminous mixtures.-  Organisation of round robin test.-  Results of round robin test.-  Conclusions and recommendations on laboratory ageing of bituminous mixtures.-  References.-  Annex: Principle of infrared spectroscopy.-  8. General Summary and Outlook, by Chailleux et al: Introduction.- RILEM technical committee summary and feedback.-  RILEM technical committee outlook.-  Concluding remarks.-  References.-  Index.