SuperPave Aggregate

Requirements

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SuperPave Mix
 Mixture of Graded Aggregates held
together with asphalt cement.
 Asphalt Mix is designed against
three primary loadings:
 Rutting (high aggregate
dependence)
 Fatigue Cracking (high asphalt
cement dependence)
 Low Temperature Cracking (high
asphalt cement dependence)

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Aggregate Consensus Properties

 Coarse aggregate angularity

 Fine aggregate angularity
 Flat and elongated particles
 Clay content

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Percent Crushed Fragments in Gravels

100% with 2 or More UnCrushed

Crushed Faces

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 Coarse Aggregate Angularity Criteria
Traffic Depth from Surface
Millions of ESALs* < 100 mm > 100 mm

< 0.3 55/-- --/--

<3 75/-- 50/--
< 10 85/80 60/--
< 30 95/90 80/75
>30 100/100 100/100

*ESALs = Equivalent Standard Axle Loads

First number denotes % with one or more fractured faces

Second number denotes % with two or more fractured faces

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Fine Aggregate Angularity
 Based on aggregates smaller than 2.36 mm
 Dry washed aggregate
 Higher voids = greater internal angle

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 Fine Aggregate Angularity Criteria
Void Content (percent)

Traffic Depth from Surface

Millions of ESALs < 100 mm > 100 mm

< 0.3 -- --
<3 40 40
< 10 45 40
< 30 45 40
>30 45 45

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Flat and Elongated Particles

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Flat and Elongated Particles

 Max to mix dimension greater than 5

 Undesirable as they break during construction and under traffic
 Test is for aggregates larger than 4.75 mm

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Clay Content (Sand Equivalent)

 Percent clay content in fine aggregate

(<4.75 mm)
 Fine aggregate is mixed with a
flocculating solution
 Ratio of height of sand to clay after
settling

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Source Aggregate Properties

Non-SuperPave requirements
 Toughness – abrasion and mechanical degradation during handling,
construction & service (LA Abrasion or Micro Deval)
 Soundness – in service weathering – Magnesium Sulfate,
Petrographic Analysis/Number
 Deleterious Material – clay lumps, shale, wood, mica, gypsum, coal
in the aggregate
 Friction for surface coarse mixes

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Gradation for the Mix Design
 Control points for nominal max aggregate size, intermediate size
(2.36 mm), and smallest size (0.75 mm)
 Restricted zone forms a band that is recommended to be avoided
 Intended to prevent “oversanded” mixes that can be tender or have low
resistance to rutting
 Also prevents following max density line that can have inadequate VMA
to allow room for asphalt

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Percent Passing
100
max density line

restricted zone

control point nom max

max size
size

0
.075 .3 2.36 4.75 9.5 12.5 19.0

Sieve Size (mm) Raised to 0.45 Power

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SuperPave Aggregate Gradation
Percent Passing
100

Design Aggregate Structure

0
.075 .3 2.36 12.5 19.0
Sieve Size (mm) Raised to 0.45 Power

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 Aggregate Size Definitions
 Nominal Maximum Aggregate Size
 one size larger than the first sieve to retain more
than 10%
 Maximum Aggregate Size
 one size larger than nominal maximum size

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SuperPave Mix Size Designations

SuperPave Nom Max Size Max Size

Designation (mm) (mm)

37.5 mm 37.5 50
25 mm 25 37.5
19 mm 19 25
12.5 mm 12.5 19
9.5 mm 9.5 12.5

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Questions?

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