Superpave Shear Tester as a Simple Standardized Measure to Evaluate Aggregate-Asphalt Mixture Performance

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 472-484

  Shenoy, Aroon ^a   Romero, Pedro ^b  

^a FHWA TFHRC HRDI 11 ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate asphalt combinations; Frequency sweep; Mixture evaluation; Performance related specifications; Repeated shear; Superpave shear tester

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042888851     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte12277j     Document Type: Article

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