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Project: AquapatchͲHamburgDataSummary

Date: 6/10/2015

SummaryofMethod
HamburgtestperformedinaccordancewithAASHTOT324Ͳ14
FourspecimensfabricatedatNCATfromprovidedAquapatchmaterial
Specimensfabricatedto7.0+/Ͳ0.5%airvoids
Specimenstestedinpairs
Specimenstestedin50°Cwaterunderamoving158lbwheelloadat50passesperminute
Testterminatesateither12.5mmofruttingpersetorat20,000totalpasses
Rutdepthisrecordedasafunctionofwheelpasses
Finalrutdepthisreportedalongwiththestrippinginflectionpoint(SIP)
TheSIPrepresentsthenumberofpassesatwhichthespecimenbeginstorapidlyrut
TheSIPgenerallycoincideswithmaterialstripping
NCHRPReport673recommendslessthan12.5mmofruttingforamixturewithPG64Ͳ22orsofterbinderat10,000passes
TheSIPisgenerallyexpectedtobeabove10,000passesforamixturethatperformswellintheHamburgtest(Kvasnaketal.,2010)

SummaryofResults
Amachineerrorcausedthetesttobeterminatedprematurely(around17,000passes)
Therutdepthat20,000passeswasextrapolatedforbothsetsusinga5thorderpolynomialregression
Bothsetsruttedlessthan12.5mmat10,000passes
Basedontheextrapolatedrutdepthat20,000passes,bothsetsruttedlessthan12.5mmat20,000passes
TheSIPwasgreaterthan10,000passesforbothsets
Alargeamountoftirepickupwasnoticedonthemachineduringtesting.ThisisatypicalforHamburgtestingonHMAorWMA.

Table1:HamburgResultsSummaryͲAquapatchͲ2sets
Sample1 Sample2 Average RutDepth@ RutDepth@ Passesto Stripping
AirVoids AirVoids AirVoids 10,000passes 20,000Passes 12.5mm InflectionPoint
MixID SampleID (%) (%) (%) (mm) (mm)* Rut (passes)**
Aquapatch 3,5 6.8 6.5 6.7 Ͳ1.88 Ͳ7.17 >17,000 16,400
Aquapatch 6,7 6.7 6.7 6.7 Ͳ2.47 Ͳ6.18 >17,000 >17,000
*=Extrapolated
**=Approximateduetoearlytesttermination

Figure1:RutDepthversusNumberofPassesͲAquapatchͲ2sets

Figure2:PhotosofAquapatchSpecimensafterTestingandTirePickupͲHamburgTest
Project: Aqua Patch
Date: 6/4/2015
Project #: Marshall - 75 Blows

Aqua Patch Marshall Samples


Stability
Correlation Stability, Corrected Flow,
Sample # Gmb Gmm Va Height, in Ratios lbs Stability, lbs 0.01 in
3 2.339 2.405 2.7 2.48 1.00 2800 2800 13.5
4 2.334 2.405 3.0 2.51 1.00 2650 2650 12.5
5 2.323 2.405 3.4 2.55 1.00 2800 2800 13.0

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