A New Apparatus for Measuring the Drainage Properties of Porous Asphalt Mixes

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 370-377

  Tan, Siew Ann ^a   Fwa, Tien Fang ^a   Chuai, Chip Tiong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Drainage properties; Falling head test; Permeability apparatus; Porous asphalt mixes

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SPECIFICATIONS;

DRAINAGE PROPERTY; FALLING HEAD TEST; PERMEABILITY APPARATUS; POROUS ASPHALT MIXES; VOID CONTENT;

PERMEAMETERS (MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY);

EID: 0031176394     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte11872j     Document Type: Article

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