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FIELDMANAGEMENTOFHOTMIXASPHALTVOLUMETRIC PROPERTIES
By
PrithviS.Kandhal
AssistantDirectorNationalCenterforAsphaltTechnology
AuburnUniversity,Alabama
KeeY.Foo
ResearchEngineerNationalCenterforAsphaltTechnology
AuburnUniversity,Alabama
JohnA.D'AngeloSeniorProjectEngineer
FHWAWashington,D.C.
PaperpublishedinTransportationResearchBoard,
TransportationResearchRecord1543,1996
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ABSTRACT
TheFederalHighwayAdministration(FHWA)DemonstrationProjectNo.74hasclearlyshown
thatsignificantdifferencesexistbetweenthevolumetricpropertiesofthelaboratorydesignedandplantproducedhotmixasphalt(HMA)mixes.Thevolumetricpropertiesincludevoidsinthemineralaggregate(VMA)andthevoidsinthetotalmix(VTM).ThisprojectwasundertakentodeveloppracticalguidelinesfortheHMAcontractorstoreconcilethesedifferencestherebyassistingthemtoconsistentlyproducehighqualityHMAmixes.TheHMAmixdesignandfieldtestdatafrom24FHWAdemonstrationprojectswereenteredintoadatabase.Thedataincludedmixcomposition(asphaltcontentandgradation)andvolumetricproperties.Thedatawereanalyzedtoidentifyand,ifpossible,quantifytheindependentvariables(suchasasphaltcontentandthepercentagesofmaterialpassingNo.200andothersieves)significantlyaffectingthedependentvariables(suchasVMAandVTM).
Basedontheprecedingwork,troubleshootingchartshavebeenconstructedtocorrectand
reconciledifferencesbetweenthevolumetricpropertiesofthejobmixformulaandtheproduced
mix.KEYWORDS:hotmixasphalt,asphaltconcrete,asphaltpavingmixtures,fieldmanagement,volumetricproperties,qualitycontrol,qualityassurance,airvoids,VMA
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FIELDMANAGEMENTOFHOTMIXASPHALTVOLUMETRICPROPERTIES
PrithviS.Kandhal,KeeY.Foo,andJohnA.D'Angelo
INTRODUCTIONDemonstrationProjectNo.74,"FieldManagementofAsphaltMixes"initiatedbyFederalHighwayAdministrationstudied17mixesfrom15StateHighwayAgency(SHA)pavingprojects[1].Ofthe17mixes,therewereonlytwomixeswheretheactualproductionmetthemixdesigntargets.Tenmixesshouldhavebeenmodifiedduringproductionwhilefivemixesshouldhavebeentotallyredesigned.TheDemonstrationProjectconfirmedthatcurrentlaboratorymixdesignproceduresdonotrepresentactualmixproduction.Flawlesslaboratory-designedmixescanincurmix-relatedproblemsduringproductionwhichcanleadtoprematurepavementdeterioration.Fieldmanagementofhotmixasphalt(HMA)providesaviabletooltoidentifythedifferencesbetweenplantproducedandlaboratorydesignedHMAmixesandeffectivelyreconcilethesedifferences[2].
DemonstrationProjectNo.74concludedthatafieldmixverificationofthematerialproducedat
theHMAplantshouldbeincludedasasecondphaseinthedesignprocess.Mixverificationisdefinedasthevalidationofamixdesignwithinthefirstseveralhundredtonsofproduction.ThevoidpropertiesestablishedfrommixverificationprovedtobeaneffectivetoolinidentifyingmixproductionvariationsoranydifferencesbetweenplantproducedandlaboratorydesignedHMAmixes.However,themeasuresrecommendedintheprojecttocorrecttheidentifiedproblemsweresomewhatgeneralized.Itwasrecommendedthatthejobmixformula(JMF)shouldbeadjustedtomakethegradationmoreuniformand/ormovethegradationawayfromthemaximumdensityline.Itwasalsonotedthat(1)gap-gradedmixesandmixeswhichplotclosetothemaximumdensitylinearegenerallysensitivemixes,and(2)mixeswithahumpneartheNo.30sievearegenerallytendermixes.
AsignificantamountofdatahasbeencollectedbyDemonstrationProjectNo.74.Analysisof
thesedatacouldyieldmorepracticalguidelinestoreconciledifferencesbetweenplantproducedandlaboratorydesignedHMAmixes.
OBJECTIVE
TheobjectiveofthisprojectwastodeveloppracticalguidelinestoreconciledifferencesbetweenplantproducedandlaboratorydesignedHMAmixes.ThishasbeenachievedbyanalyzingthedatacollectedbytheDemonstrationProjectNo74,andidentifyingandquantifyingindependentvariableswhichsignificantlyaffectthevoidproperties(dependentvariables)oftheproducedmix.
Theaboveobjectivehasbeenaccomplishedbycompletingthefollowingtasks:Task1-PreparationofdatabaseTask2-AnalysisofdataTask3-MethodforreconcilingdifferencesbetweenmixdesignandproductionTask4-Fieldverificationofproposedmethodofreconciliation
TASK1:PREPARATIONOFDATABASE
TwentyfourDemonstrationProjectNo.74reportswereobtainedfromtheFederalHighwayAdministration(FHWA).Atotalof26asphaltmixeswereusedinthese24demonstrationprojects.Thesevastamountsofdatacontainedinthesereportsweregroupedintothreemajorgroupsandenteredintoadatabase.
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ThefirstdatagroupcontainsinformationabouttheHMAplantsuchasplanttype,production
rate,dustcollectionsystem,andtypeofmixstoragesystem.Ofthe24demonstrationprojects,19projectsuseddrummixplantsandfiveprojectsusedbatchmixplants.Baghousedustcollectionsystemwasusedin17projects,wetscrubberwasusedinfiveprojects,andcyclone
dustcollectionsystemwasusedintwoprojects.Theseconddatagroupcontainsinformationaboutthe26HMAmixturesusedonthe24demonstrationprojectssuchasmixtype,maximumnominalaggregatesize,amountofnaturalsand,coarseaggregatetype,fineaggregatetype,LosAngelesabrasionloss,sandequivalentvalue,percenthydratedlime,andpercentreclaimedasphaltpavement(RAP)used.Thirteenmixeswereusedinsurfacecourse,sixinbindercourse,andtwoinbasecourse.Theuseoffivemixesisnotknown.Fourmixeshad9.5mm(3/8inch)maximumnominalsize.Elevenmixeshad12.5mm(inch)maximumnominalsize.Ninemixeshad19mm(3/4inch)maximumnominalsize.Twomixeshad25.4mm(1inch)maximumnominalsize.Sevenmixescontainednaturalsand.Sevenmixescontainedhydratedlime,andfourmixescontainedRAP.
Thethirddatagroupcontainsinformationabouttheasphaltcontent,voidproperties,and
aggregategradationspecifiedby(a)mixdesign,(b)obtainedfromtheverificationprocess,and(c)obtainedduringproduction.Basically,productiondatahasbeenanalyzedrigorouslytoidentifyandquantifyindependentvariableswhichsignificantlyaffectthevoidpropertiesoftheproducedmix.Thefollowinginformation,ifavailable,iscontainedinthethirddatagroup:(a)asphaltcontentandvoidpropertiesofJMF,verification,andproduction,(b)aggregategradationofJMF,verification,andproduction,and(c)thelocationofaggregategradationcurveatthetimeofproductionwithrespecttothemaximumdensityline(MDL).TheMDLwasestablishedaccordingtoSuperpaveLevel1mixdesignprocedures.Thelocationofaggregategradationduringproductioncanbesummarizedasfollows:15mixeswere"above"MDL,twomixeswere"slightlyabove"MDL,fivemixeswere"on"MDL,threemixeswere"slightlybelow"MDL,andonemixwas"below"MDL.Itwasobservedthatdesigngradationsandproductiongradationsweregenerallydifferent.Productiongradationsmoreaccuratelyrepresentthe
aggregategradationfortheproject.Therefore,themaximumnominalsizeandmaximumsizeoftheaggregatefortheprojecthavebeenbasedontheproductiongradationratherthantheJMFgradationforentryintothedatabase.
Itwasbelievedatthebeginningoftheprojectthatvoidpropertiesmaybeaffecteddifferentlyin
surfaceandbase/bindermixesduringproductionbecauseofdifferencesinthemaximumaggregatesizes,gradations,andasphaltcontents.Toinvestigateanddetectsucheffects,thedatebasewassplitinto"surface"and"base/binder"mixes."Surface"mixisthemixwithmaximumnominalaggregatesizeequaltoorlessthan12.5mm(inch)and"Base/Binder"mixisthemixwithmaximumnominalaggregatesizemorethan12.5mm(inch).Therelationshipbetweentheindependentvariablesandvoidsinmineralaggregate(VMA)andvoidsintotalmix(VTM)wasanalyzedforeachmixtype.Nosignificantdifferencesinrelationshipwerefoundbetweenthesetwomixtypes.Therefore,thedatabasewascombinedforsubsequentanalyses.
TASK2:ANALYSISOFDATA
ThefocusofthisprojectareVMAandVTMoftheHMAmixproducedintheasphaltplant.Itisthereforenecessarytoidentifythosefactorsthat(1)canbecontrolledeasilyattheHMAplantand(2)haveasignificanteffectonVMAandVTMoftheproducedmix.Therefore,VMAandVTMwerechosenasdependentvariables.TheindependentvariablesarethosefactorsthatcangenerallybecontrolledattheHMAplant.Independentvariableswereasphaltcontentandpercentagespassingthe#200,#100,#50,#30,#16,#8,#4,9.5mm,12.5mm,19mm,25mm,and37.5mmsieves.
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Theobjectiveofthistaskistoidentifywhichindependentvariablesarethebestpredictorofthe
voidpropertiessuchasVMAandVTM.Theidentifiedbestpredictorscanthenbeusedtoreconciledifferencesbetweenmixdesignandproductioninthenexttask.Twotechniqueswereusedtoidentifythebestpredictivevariables:linearregressionandstepwisemulti-variable
regression.Singleandmultivariablespredictivemodelswerethenconstructedwiththebestpredictivevariables.
LinearRegression--Thecoefficientofcorrelation(Rvalue)generatedbythelinearregression
givesameasureofhowwelltheindependentvariableiscorrelatedtothedependentvariable.Inthelinearregressionanalysis,allindependentvariableswereindividuallycorrelatedtothedependentvariableforeachproject.TheRvaluesoftheindependentvariablesforeachprojectaregivenelsewhere[3].AbroadrangeofRvaluesfrom0.00to0.96weregenerated.TheseRvaluescanbeuseddirectlytoranktheindependentvariablesineachprojectbutitismoredesirabletoranktheindependentvariablebasedonallprojects.Therefore,theRvaluesforeachindependentvariablebasedontheaveragedRvaluesisgiveninTable1.TheaveragedRvaluedoesnothaveanyspecificstatisticalmeaning.Itisusedonlyasatooltoranktheindependent
variablesforallprojects.ThefollowingobservationsaremadebasedonTable1:1.WithrespecttoVMA,thetopfiveindependentvariablesarethepercentagesofaggregatepassing#8,#16,#30and#50sieves,andasphaltcontent.ThisindicatesthattherelativeproportionsofcoarseandfineaggregatesareveryimportantandcanbeusedtoadjusttheVMA.
2.WithrespecttoVTM,thetoprankingvariableistheasphaltcontent,followedbythepercentagesofaggregatepassing#30,#50,#100and#200sieves.ThisindicatesthattheVTMisalsoafunctionofVMAwhichiscontrolledbytherelativeproportionsofcoarseandfineaggregateasmentionedabove.
Table1.AveragedRValuesandCombinedRankingsofIndependentVariables
AllProjects HighVariabilityProjects
Variable
R
VMARanking
R
VTMRanking
R
VMARanking
R
VTMRanking
(Average) (Average) (Average) (Average)
AsphaltContent 0.333 4 0.401 1 0.263 8 0.479 1
#200 0.301 9 0.300 4 0.407 4 0.361
3#100 0.294 10 0.301 3 0.406 5
0.354 5#50 0.331 5 0.283 5 0.472 2
0.356 4#30 0.372 1 0.302 2 0.483 1
0.384 2#16 0.347 2 0.268 6 0.449 3
0.328 6#8 0.345 3 0.247 7 0.381 6
0.298 7#4 0.316 6 0.199 10 0.300 7
0.229 9
9.5mm 0.314 7 0.214 8 0.261 9 0.238 8
12.5 0.304 8 0.214 9 0.252 10 0.192 10
mm
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Thecombinedrankingsfromallprojectswerenotcompletelyadequateinidentifyingimportant
variablesaffectingVMAbutweresomewhatabletoidentifytheimportantvariablesaffectingVTMduringproduction.TheprecedinganalysiswasimpededbyincludinghighqualitycontrolprojectswhichhadlowvariationinVMAandVTMresultinginclustereddatapoints.The
FHWAexaminedthetestdatafrom17pavingprojectsinapreviousstudyandfoundthatthepooledmeanVMAstandarddeviationwas0.47andthemeanVTMstandarddeviationwas0.66[1].Therefore,projectswithVMAstandarddeviationlessthan0.47andVTMstandarddeviationlessthan0.66werethenexcludedtoincreasethesensitivityoftheprecedinganalysis.TwelveprojectswereexcludedfromtheVMAanalysisandtenprojectswereexcludedfromtheVTManalysis.TablelalsotabulatestheaveragedRvalueandcombinedrankingsfortheselectedhighvariabilityprojects.Thefollowingobservationsaremade.
1.WithrespecttoVMA,thetopsixrankingvariablesconsistofmixgradationpassing#8,#16,#30,#50,#100,and#200sieves.Thismeansthattherelativeproportionofthefineaggregateinthemixandtheamountofmaterialpassing#200(P200)sieveareveryimportantinaffectingtheVMA.However,thepercentageofmaterialpassing#30and#50sieveshavethehighestrankings.Thesepercentagesare
generallyinfluencedbythepresenceandamountofnaturalsandinthemix.2.WithrespecttoVTM,thetoprankingvariableistheasphaltcontentfollowedbytheaggregategradationpassing#16andfinersieves.Again,itindicatesthedependenceofVTMonVMAwhichwasalsoaffectedbythesesizes.TheP200materialrankedthirdand,therefore,isconsideredimportant.
StepwiseMulti-VariableRegression--AForwardSelectionProcedureisavailableintheSAS
program[4]todeterminewhichindependentvariablesarecloselyrelatedtoVMAandVTM.2
Theselectionprocedurebeginsbyfindingthevariablethatproducestheoptimum(highestR)
one-variablemodel.Inthesecondstep,theprocedurefindsthevariablethat,whenaddedtothe2
alreadychosenvariable,resultsinthelargestreductionintheresidualsumofsquares(highestRvalue).Thethirdstepfindsthevariablethat,whenaddedtothemodelprovidesareductionin
sumofsquaresconsideredstatisticallysignificantataspecifiedlevel.TheoutputoftheForwardSelectionProcedureforeachproject(includingpartialR2valuesforeachindependentvariableisgivenelsewhere[3].TheR2valueforeachprojectasgeneratedbytheForwardSelectionProcedurerangedfrom0.24to0.99.
Therearetwopossiblemethodstoranktheindependentvariablesineachprojectfromthe
ForwardSelectionProcedureoutput.Thefirstrankingmethod(Method1)isaccordingtothe
ordertheywereselectedbytheForwardSelectionProcedure.2Thesecondmethod(Method2)is
toranktheindependentvariablesaccordingtotheirpartialRvalues.AsmentionedinLinearRegression,itisdesirabletoranktheindependentvariablesbasedonallprojectsratherthaneachindividualproject.ToobtainacombinedrankingforallprojectsusingMethod1,thefirstvariableselectedisassigned1point,thesecondvariableselectedisassigned2pointsandsoon.
Acombinedrankingisthenpossiblebyaveragingtheassignedpointsforallprojects.Forthesecondrankingmethod(Method2),thepartialR2valuesofeachindependentvariablewereaveragedoverallprojects.AcombinedrankingisthenpossiblebasedontheaveragedpartialR2value.TheaveragedpartialR2valuesdonothaveanyspecificstatisticalmeaningexcepttobeusedasatooltoranktheindependentvariables.
Table2summarizesthecombinedrankingsforselectedprojectswithrelatively-lowerquality
control(standarddeviationmorethan0.47forVMAandmorethan0.66forVTM)usingMethods1and2.Thecombinedrankingobtainedbybothmethodsaresimilartothoseobtainedbycorrelationanalysis(Table1).However,thecombinedrankingbyMethod2showsbetterresemblancewiththecombinedrankingbycorrelationanalysisthanMethod1.Intuitively,Method2beingrationalseemstobeabetterapproachforquantitativeanalysisthanMethod1andthusobtainingacombinedrankingoftheindependentvariables.
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Table2.CombinedRankingsofIndependentVariablesUsingForwardSelection
ProceduresMethods1and2(HighVariabilityProjects)
Method1 Method2
VMA VTM VMA VTMVariableAvg. Ranking Avg.Point Ranking Avg.)R2 Ranking Avg. RankingPoint )R2
AsphaltContent 6.07 8 2.00 1 0.032 8 0.219 1
#200 4.86 2 5.23 3 0.068 6 0.110
2#100 3.92 1 5.07 2 0.149 1
0.097 3#50 5.08 3 5.27 4 0.103 4
0.076 5#30 5.93 7 5.87 6 0.084 5
0.028 8#16 5.54 5 5.57 5 0.136 3
0.060 6#8 5.62 6 6.85 10 0.143 2
0.035 7#4 5.39 4 6.06 8 0.031 9
0.020 9
9.5mm 7.36 10 6.00 7 0.028 10 0.080 4
12.5 6.25 9 6.14 9 0.038 7 0.018 10mm
BestPredictiveVariables--Thebestpredictivevariablesselectedbylinearregressionanalysis(Rvalue),andForwardSelectionProcedureMethod1(PointValue),andForwardSelection
ProcedureMethod2()R2
value)areshowninTable3.ThestatisticalanalysesincludetheprojectswithhighstandarddeviationsforVMAandVTM,asmentionedearlier.Bothtechniques,linearregressionanalysisandForwardSelectionProcedure,usedtoselectthebestpredictivevariableshavetheirowninadequacy.Thelinearregressionevaluatesasinglevariable,whileForwardSelectionProcedurecanevaluateseveralvariables.However,eachanalysisdoesprovideausefulsuggestionastowhichvariablehasthebestpredictivepower.Thefollowingobservationsaremadebasedonthecombinedrankingdata(giveninTable3)fromtheserankinganalyses.
1.ThebestpracticalpredictiveindependentvariablesforVMAarethe#8,#16,#30,#50,#100,and#200sieves.Inotherwords,therelativeproportionofthefineaggregateandtheamountofmaterialpassing#200sieveisimportant.
2.ThebestpracticalpredictivevariablesforVTMareasphaltcontent(AC)and#200sieve,followedby#8,#16,#30,#50,and#100sieves.
Thereseemstobereasonablerationaletosupporttheresultoftheanalysis.Itisgenerally
acceptedthatVTMismostsignificantlyaffectedbyAC.VTMandVMAarealsosignificantlyaffectedbythepercentageofmaterialpassingthe#200(P200)sievewhichfillsthespacesbetweenaggregateparticles.Inaddition,itisgenerallybelievedthattheamountoffineaggregate(percentpassing#8)hasaneffectonVMAandVTM.Generally,anincreaseinpercentpassingthe#8sieve(fineaggregate)alsoincreasesthepercentpassingthesmallersievesizes(#16,#30,#50,#100,#200).Thehigherrankingsreceivedbythe#30and#50sievesseemtoreflecttheeffectofnaturalsandinHMAmixes.
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Table3.ResultsofRankingAnalysisbyThreeMethods
CombinedRankingUsing
CombinedRankingVMA
1
2
3
4
5
6
VTM
12
3
4
5
6
7
Rvalue
(Average)
#30
#50
#16
#200
#100
#8
AC#30
#200
#50
#100
#16
#8
PointValue
(Average)
#100
#200
#50
#4
#16
#8
AC#100
#200
#50
#16
#30
3/8
)R2
(Average)
#100
#8
#16
#50
#30
#200
AC#200
#100
3/8
#50
#16
#8
TASK3:METHODFORRECONCILINGDIFFERENCESBETWEENMIXDESIGN
ANDPRODUCTIONTheobjectiveofthisprojectwastodevelopguidelinestoreconciledifferencesbetweenmixdesignandproduction.Theguidelinesmustbepracticalandapplicablewithintheconfineofpracticalasphaltplantoperation.ItwasdeterminedinTask2thatthebestpredictivevariablesforVMAarethe#200,#100,#50,#30,#16,and#8sieveandthebestpredictivevariablesforVTMareasphaltcontent,#200,#100,#50,#30,#16,and#8,sieve.Asphaltcontentand,insomecases,#200sievecanbeindependentlycontrolledandadjustedtoreconciledifferencesbetweenproducedandlaboratorydesignedHMAmixes.However,theothersievesizes(#100,#50,#30,#16,#8)cannotbecontrolledindependentlybecausetheyarerelatedtotheproportionofcoarseorfineaggregate.Increasingthefineaggregateportionwillincreasetheamountofmaterialpassingallthesievesizes(#200,#100,#50,#30,#16,#8),andthemagnitudeofincreasewill
dependlargelyonthegradationofthefineaggregate.Sincethefinersievesizesareinter-related,itisrecommendedthatthefinersievesizesshouldbecombinedasonepredictivevariable(thatistheamountoffineaggregate)ratherthansix(6)individualpredictivevariables.
Forpracticalreasons,attemptstoreconciledifferencesbetweenmixdesign'sVMAand
productions'sVMAshouldbeachievedbyfirstadjustingtheamountofP200materialandthen,ifnecessary,byadjustingtheothersievesizesbychangingtheamountoffineaggregate.Attemptstoreconciledifferencesbetweenmixdesign'sVTMandproduction'sVTMshouldbeachievedbyfirstadjustingtheamountofP200materialifitdeviatessignificantlyfromtheJMF.TheP200materialcanbeadjustedbycontrollingtheamountofdustreturnedfromdustcollectionsystem.Thesecondstep,ifnecessary,istoadjusttheasphaltcontent.Finally,itmaybenecessary,toadjusttheamountofmaterialpassingothersievesizes(theamountoffine
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aggregate)whichpracticallyamountstoredesigningthemix.
ThefollowingareregressionmodelswhichrelateVMAandVTMtothebestpredictive
variables.Thesemodelsestimatethemagnitudeofadjustmentneededtoreconcilethe
differencesbetweenmixdesignandproduction.VMARegressionModels--Theregressionmodelrecommendedtopredicttheeffectofthematerialpassing#200sieve(P200)onVMAisgivenas:
where,)VMA=differencefromprojectVMA)P200=differencefromprojectP200
RegressionanalysiswasperformedonprojectswithhighVMAvariation(*morethan0.47)to
increasethesensitivityoftheregressionmodel.TheseprojectswerethendividedintothreegroupsbasedontheirVMAlevels(>16%,14-16%,and0.47ProjectswithF
VMA>0.47andVMA>16%
ProjectswithFVMA>0.47and14%16%
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increasestheAreaEnclosedand,therefore,theVMA.
Theaverageslope$1ofEquation1(Table4)isrelativelyflat,about0.3.Asmentionedearlier,adjustingtheP200materialbyonepercentcausedanaverageof0.3percentchangeinVMA.
Therefore,theP200adjustmentcanbeusediftheVMAcorrectiontobemadeisminor.HMAmixesthatneedasignificantamountofVMAcorrectionhavetobeadjustedbyvaryingthecoarse-fineaggregateproportions(AreaEnclosed).Consequently,itisrecommendedthatadjustingtheP200ismoreappropriateforfinetuningtheVMAwhilechangingtheaggregategradationbyadjustingthecoarse-fineaggregateproportion(AreaEnclosed)ismoresuitableforlargerchangesinVMA.Sincetherequiredadjustmentsaremixspecificnoquantifiablechangeincoarse-fineaggregateproportioncanberecommendedotherthandirectionalchanges(increaseordecreasecoarse-fineaggregateproportion).
VTMRegressionModels--ThereisastrongrelationshipbetweenVTMandVMA.AllVTM
regressionmodels,therefore,willhaveVMAtermsaspredictivevariables.Also,allpredictivevariablesforVMAarealsoapplicabletoVTM.ThebestregressionmodelwhichrelatesVTMto
P200isgivenas:DifferentiatingEquation2withrespecttoP200resultsin:Equation3showsthattheeffectofP200onVTMisdependentonVMA.Table5whichisbasedonEquation3showsVTMisexpectedtodecreasewhentheP200isincreased(negativevalueofEquation3).TheVTMofmixeswithhighVMAisexpectedtodecreasemorethanmixeswithlowVMA.Table5deceptivelyshowsthattheVTMincreaseswiththeincreaseinP200formixeswith12percentVMA.ThishasbeencausedbyinsufficientdatapointsinthelowVMAregiontogenerateareliablemodel.
Table5.ChangesinVTMCausedbyChangesinP200atDifferentVMALevel
VMA 12% 13% 14% 15% 16% 17% 18%
)VTM/
)P200 0.054 -0.022 -0.098 -0.174 -0.249 -0.325 -0.401
Thebestregressionmodeltorelateasphaltcontent(AC)toVTMisgivenas:
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DifferentiatingEquation4withrespecttoasphaltcontentresultsin:
Equation5showsthattheeffectofasphaltcontentonVTMisalsodependentonVMA.Table6whichisbasedonEquation5showsthatanincreaseinasphaltcontentdecreasestheVTM(negativevalueofEquation5).ThisdecreaseismoresevereformixeswithlowerVMA.
NostatisticallysatisfyingmodeltopredictVTMusingthevariableAreaEnclosedcouldbe
constructed.However,increasingtheAreaEnclosed(deviatingfromthemaximumdensitylineorMDL)willincreasetheVTMofmixeswithnonaturalsandbutdecreasetheVTMofmixeswithnaturalsand.NaturalsandsusuallymaketheHMAmixesoversanded(toomuchdeviationfromtheMDLandtherefore,increasedAreaEnclosed)andtendtohaverelativelylowVMAbecausenaturalsandparticlespackdensely.ThischangeinVTM,therefore,reflectsthechangeinVMA.
TheslopevaluesinTable5arecomparativelysmallerthantheslopevaluesinTable6.AdjustingtheP200,especiallyifitisexcessivelyhigherthantheJMF,ismoreappropriateforfinetuningtheVTM.AdjustingtheasphaltcontentismoresuitableforlargerchangesinVTM.ItisexpectedthatEquation3(orTable5)willbeusedfirst,iftheP200deviatesfromtheJMF,inanyattemptstoreconciledifferencesinmixdesign'sVTMandproduction'sVTM.IftheproductionP200isreasonablyclosetotheJMFP200,theasphaltcontentshouldbeadjusted.
Table6.ChangesinVTMCausedbyChangesinACatDifferentVMALevel
VMA 12% 13% 14% 15% 16% 17% 18%
)VTM/)AC -1.351 -1.209 -1.067 -0.925 -0.783 -0.641 -0.499
StepsRecommendedtoReconcileDifferencesbetweenMixDesignandProduction--ThevaluestabulatedinTables4,5and6arederivedfromdifferentmixesandthusrepresentaveragevaluesforthesemixes.Sinceeachmixisunique,thevaluespresentedheremaynotaccuratelypredictitsbehavior.Figure1isaflowchartwhichshowstherecommendedstepstoreconciledifferencesbetweenmixdesign'sVMAandmixproduction'sVMA,afterithasbeenverifiedthatthecomposition(asphaltcontentandgradation)oftheproducedmixisreasonablyclosetothatofthedesignedmix(JMF).
IfthecompositionoftheproducedmixmeetstheJMFandtheVMAoftheproducedmixhasa
minordeviation(lessthan0.3%)fromtheJMF,ithasbeensuggestedtoadjusttheamountofP200materialinthemix.AonepercentdecreaseintheP200materialtocauseanaverageincreaseof0.3percentintheVMA,canbeusedasanapproximateguidetodeterminethequantitativeadjustmentrequiredfortheP200materialtoeffectthedesiredchangeinVMAvalue.Asanalternate,anextendedlaboratorymixdesigncanincludeusingtwoadditionalP200contents(JMF+2%)intheHMAmixandplottingthecurveofP200contentversusVMA.ThepercentdecreaseinVMAfromthecorrespondingincreaseintheP200content(whichismixspecific)canbeobtainedfromthiscurveandislikelytobemoreaccuratethantheapproximateguidementionedabove.
IftheVMAoftheproducedmixhasamajordeviation(morethan0.3%)fromtheJMF,theflow
chartrecommendsdifferentapproachesdependingonwhethertheHMAmixcontainsnaturalsandornot.IftheHMAmixcontainsnaturalsand,theamountofnaturalsandwillneedtobedecreased
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Figure1.FlowChartforReconcilingVMA10
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toincreaseVMA.IftheHMAmixdoesnotcontainnaturalsand,thepercentageofmaterialpassing
the#8sieve(thatis,therelativeproportionsofcoarseandfineaggregates)willneedtobeadjustedtomoveawayfromthemaximumdensityline(MDL).Sincethisadjustmentismixspecific,noquantitativerecommendationscanbemade.However,anextendedlaboratorymixdesignwhich
includestwoadditionalpercentagesofthematerialpassing#8sieve(JMF+5%)islikelytobeveryhelpful.Thedesigncurveobtainedbyplottingthesepercentagesofpassing#8sieveversusVMAcanindicatethequantitativeadjustmentneededtothe#8sievetoobtaindesiredVMA.
IftheproductionVMAisnotreconciledaftertheprecedingefforts,theentiremixwillneedtobe
redesignedbychangingthemixcomponentsand/ortheirproportions.
AftertheproductionVMAisreconciled,thenextstepistochecktheVTM.Figure2isaflowchart
toreconciledifferencesbetweenmixdesign'sVTMandproduction'sVTM.Again,itisassumedthattheproducedmixhascomposition(asphaltcontentandgradation)closetotheJMFcomposition.IftheVTMhasaminordeviation(lessthan0.5%)fromtheJMF,itisrecommendedtoadjusttheP200material.TheP200materialwillneedtobedeycreasedtoincreasetheVTM.
TableA(insideFigure2)canbeusedasanapproximateguidetodeterminethequantitativeadjustmentrequiredtotheP200materialtoobtainthedesiredVTM.Asanalternate,theextendedlaboratorymixdesign(mentionedearlier)curveofpercentP200versusVTMcanbeusedforquantitativeadjustment.IftheVTMhasamajordeviationfromtheJMF(>0.5%),itisrecommendedtoadjusttheasphaltcontent.TheasphaltcontentwillneedtobedecreasedtoincreasetheVTM.TableA(insideFigure2)canbeusedasanapproximateguidetodeterminethequantitativeadjustmentrequiredfortheasphaltcontenttoeffectthedesiredchangeinVTM.AbetteralternativeistousetheasphaltcontentversusVTMcurvedevelopedduringtheroutinelaboratorymixdesign.Theslopeofthiscurvecangiveanindicationofthequantitativeadjustmentneededtoasphaltcontent.
TASK4:FIELDVERIFICATIONOFPROPOSEDMETHODOFRECONCILIATION
Itwasdeemednecessarytoverifytheproposedmethodofreconcilinglaboratorydesignedmixwiththeplantproducedmixinthefield.ApavingprojectwhichwasduetobevisitedbytheFHWAtrailer,wasselectedduringthe1994constructionseason.TheHMAmixproducedbytheasphaltplantwasabasemixwithamaximumnominalsizeof25mm(1inch).ThedetailsofthispavingprojectsuchasJMFandproductiondata(includingvolumetrics)aregivenelsewhere[3].
TheJMFasphaltcontentof5.6%gaveaVTMof3.0%(thestateagencyacceptstheVTMaslow
as3.0%)andaVMAof16.2%.TheamountofmaterialpassingNo.200(P200)sieveintheJMFwas5.1%.However,whentheHMAproductionbegan,aVTMcloseto1.7%andaVMAcloseto14.5%wasobtainedatanasphaltcontentof5.6%andaP200contentof5.0%.TheproducedgradationwasreasonablyclosetotheJMFgradation.Therefore,theHMAproducerreducedtheJMFasphaltcontentfrom5.6to5.2%.ThirteensublotsofHMAwereproducedwiththereducedasphaltcontentof5.2%.AnaverageproductionVTMof2.67%andVMAof14.5%wasobtained.
ItwasevidentthatthemixcompositionneededtobeadjustedfurthertoincreasetheVTMto3.0%
orhigher.Theasphaltcontentwasfurtherreducedfrom5.2to5.0%forthreeconsecutivesublots.However,therewasnoimprovementintheVTMvalueobtainedwithalimitednumberoftests.Thecontractorreducedtheasphaltcontentagainfrom5.0to4.7%forthelast35sublotsoftheproject.ThisfinaldecreaseintheasphaltcontentincreasedtheaverageVTMto2.91%(closertothetargetof3.0%).Therefore,thefollowingchangesoccurredduringtheentirepavingperiod:
Changeinasphaltcontentfrom5.6%to4.7%=0.9%
ResultingchangeinVTMfroml.7%to2.9%=1.2%
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Figure2.FlowChartforReconcilingVTM
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Thismeansthat0.9%reductioninasphaltcontentincreasedtheVTMby1.2%.Thisamountsto1.2
0.9or1.3%changeinVTMby1.0%changeinasphaltcontent.Thevalueof1.3%comparesreasonablywelltotheaveragevalueofabout1%correspondingtoaVMAvalueof14.5%inTable6,basedonallFHWAprojects.Insummary,thispavingprojecthadtheproblemoflowerVTMin
theproducedmixcomparedtothelaboratorydesignedmix.Thiswasdespitethefactthattheproducedmixwasreasonablycloseinmixcompositiontothelaboratorydesignedmix.Thisproblemwasresolvedbyloweringtheasphaltcontent.Theasphaltcontentcouldhavebeenreduceddrasticallyinonestepiftheproposedmethodofreconciliationwasused,butthecontractorchosetoreduceitinthreestepsovertheperiodofpaving.
CONCLUSIONSANDRECOMMENDATION
Thefollowingconclusionscanbedrawnbasedonthestatisticalanalysisoffielddatafrom24FHWAdemonstrationprojects.
1.Significantdifferencesexistedbetweenthevolumetricpropertiesofthelaboratorydesignedandplantproducedhotmixasphalt.
2.VMAisaffectedmostbytheamountofP200materialandtherelativeproportionsofcoarseandfineaggregates.3.VMAcanbeincreasedbyreducingtheamountofP200materialornaturalsandinthe
HMAmixes.VMAcanalsobeincreasedbymovingtheaggregategradationawayfromthemaximumdensityline(MDL)especiallyforHMAmixeswithnonaturalsand.
4.VTMisaffectedmostbyasphaltcontent,P200materialandtherelativeproportionsofcoarseandfineaggregates.
5.VTMcanbeincreasedbyreducingasphaltcontentorP200materialorboth.
Thefollowingrecommendationsaremadetoreconciledifferencesbetweenthevolumetricproperties
ofthelaboratorydesignedandplantproducedhotmixasphalt.1.UsetheflowchartsinFigures1and2asgeneralguidelinesforreconcilingtheVMAand
VTMdifferencesbetweenthelaboratorydesignedandplantproducedHMAmixes.
2.Performanextendedmixdesignwhichwillbeusefulinprovidingadditionalquantitativeinformationforreconcilingthedifferencesinvoidpropertiesthatmayariseduringproduction.ThisinformationbeingmixspecificislikelytobemorereliableformakingadjustmenttotheHMAmix.Therecommendedextendedmixdesignconsistsof:a.ConventionalmixdesignwithaspecificgradationusedinJMF.b.TwoadditionallevelsofthematerialpassingNo.8sieve(JMF5%).c.TwoadditionallevelsofP200material(JMF2%).d.Threelevelsofasphaltcontent(JMF0.5%).Theextendedmixdesignrequiresatotalof27combinations(3levelsofNo.8material3levelsofP2003asphaltcontents)ofwhich9willbetakencareofalreadybytheconventionalmixdesign.Ifthreebriquettesaremadeforeachcombination,anadditional72briquetteswouldbeneededfortheextendedmixdesign(24combinations3replicates).
3.Attempttoreconcilethedifferencesbetweenthevolumetricpropertiesoflaboratorydesignedandplantproducemixesduringfirstday'sproductionbytestingatleast4sublotsamplesandusingtheaveragetestvalues.
4.Afterthedifferencesinthevolumetricpropertiesarereconciled,maintaincontrolchartsformixcomposition(asphaltcontentandgradation)andvolumetricproperties(VMAandVTM)duringtheentireproductionperiod.
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