Ruggedness of Laboratory Tests to Assess Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Mixtures
Cracking and durability issues of asphalt pavements have been primary concerns of
departments of transportation the last two decades. Several modes of asphalt pavement
cracking exist—fatigue, top-down, reflective, and thermal—and all are influenced by thermal loading, traffic loading, or a combination of both.
NCHRP Web-Only Document 389: Ruggedness of Laboratory Tests to Assess Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Mixtures,
from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program,
documents existing field validation efforts for these four modes of cracking.
This Summary Last Modified On: 12/1/2023