PAVING MATERIALS

MODULE 5

Pavement Design Terms and Concepts

Technically, what is a pavement?

� “Black Top” or “Tarvy” ?

� “to pave” means “to cover with asphalt, gravel, concrete, macadam, etc.”

� A surface ?

Why build pavements?

� Originally, footpaths sufficed

� Increasing traffic and loads

�Transportation

�Quality Issues: drainage, subgrade materials

�John Macadam, 1756 - 1836

5.01 Define the term pavement as it is given by the MTO's Pavement Design

and Rehabilitation Manual .

� "Pavements are layered structures of selected and processed materials which have been designed to resist surficial wear, to support wheel loads

and provide drainage of water."

PAVEMENT TYPES

5.02 Identify the various pavement types according to the following three classification methods:

a) Surface Type

b) Load Transmission

c) Composition

a) Surface Type: Bound or Unbound

b) Load Transmission

FLEXIBLE RIGID 40 kN Load 40 kN Load

Typical deflection signatures

Stress is transmitted

through bound surface layer to underlying

granular layers

Bound surface (slab) distributes stress over a

broader area, thus reducing the amount of stress transmitted to

underlying material

c) Composition: Type of materials used and arrangement/installation technique

� Portland Cement Concrete (PCC)

� Asphalt Cement Concrete (Hot or Cold Mix)

� Surface Treatment

� Mulch

5.03 Identify the 3 key components to a pavement structure.

� SURFACE

� GRANULAR BASE

� GRANULAR SUBBASE

5.04 List the 4 functions of bituminous surface materials.

� provides resistance to surface wear

� reduces surface water infiltration

� provides a smooth and rideable finish

� provides structural support to wheel loads

5.05 Identify the two broad classes of asphalt pavement surfaces and give

examples for each.

MIX SYSTEMS

� Hot and Cold Mixed Asphaltic Concrete

� Hot and Cold Mixed Stabilized Base

� Recycled Hot and Cold Mixed Asphaltic Concrete

� Travel Plant Mixes (cold)

� Slurry Seal

LAYERED SYSTEMS

� Penetration Primer

� Surface Treatment

� Macadam

5.06 Describe the materials and manufacture of Hot Mix Asphaltic

Concrete. Materials:

� a mixture of fine and coarse aggregate with asphalt cement

Manufacture:

� components are heated and mixed in a central

plant

� mixture is hauled to site in special trucks and placed on the road using an asphalt spreader

Manufacture (Continued):

�designed, manufactured and placed within specified tolerances for use on high traffic

volume roads

5.07 Identify the use(s) of the following MTO designations: HL 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8; HL 3 Fine; HL 3, 4 and 8 Modified; Heavy Duty Binder; DFC; OFC; and

Electrically Conductive Mix.

�These MTO mixes are described in Table 5.01

5.08 Describe the materials and manufacture of Cold Mix Asphaltic

Concrete. Materials:

� a mixture of emulsified asphalt or liquid (cutback) asphalt and aggregate

Manufacture:

� components are mixed at ambient air temperature

� can be mixed in a central plant or in-situ on the road surface with a travelling mixer such as the Midland Mix Paver or road mix mulch pavements

Manufacture (Continued):

�aggregate and emulsified asphalt are delivered to Midland Mix Paver separately and blended in a pug mill

�augers distribute mixture to a screed which uniformly controls the thickness of the cold mix layer

�once the emulsified asphalt in the mixture surface starts to break or set, the mixture is compacted

�use in Ontario generally restricted to low volume rural roads, where HMAC surfaced pavements are not required

5.09 Describe the materials used and general placement method for

Surface Treatments.

� consist of an application of emulsified or liquid asphalt and select aggregate over a prepared

granular base or existing surface

5.10 List the reasons for applying surface treatments to:

a) granular road surfaces, and b) existing surface treatments or asphaltic

concrete

a) to control water infiltration, provide

frictional resistance, improve ride quality & control dust and stone

pick-up

b) to restore frictional resistance and reduce

water infiltration

in general, on light to medium volume roads

5.11 Describe the materials/placement and primary application for: Mulch Pavements, Slurry Seals, Fog Seals, Primers, Tack Coats and Granular

Seals.

� These treatments are described in Table 5.02

5.12 Identify the origin of asphalt cement and the MTO grade

specifications (test and designations).

� the majority of asphalt cements come from petroleum distillation as do liquid (cutback)

asphalts and asphalt emulsions (see next slide)

� MTO has graded asphalt cements by standard penetration number (PEN); eg: 85/100

(hardest), 150/200, 300/400, 500+ (softest)

� SUPERPAVE is a new mix design method that replaces this grading system

Atkins, 2nd Ed.

5.13 Describe the 2 conflicting problems related to asphalt cement

grade faced in Ontario.

� if a soft grade is used then rutting is a problem in the hot summers

� if a hard grade is used then low temperature (transverse) cracking is a problem in the winter

Before: After: