Measuring and testing – Specimen stress or strain – or testing by stress or strain... – By loading of specimen
Patent
1989-06-06
1990-07-24
Raevis, Robert
Measuring and testing
Specimen stress or strain, or testing by stress or strain...
By loading of specimen
73789, G01N 300
Patent
active
049427687
ABSTRACT:
An electronically instrumented combination kneader compactor and plane-strain, simple-shear testing machine for use in testing paving materials under cyclic loading and over a range of temperatures and various rates of shear has been described. A very significant advance in pavement materials testing is made available in the machine by introducing cyclic vertical loading simultaneously with kneading shear--this being analogous to what actually happens in the pavement beneath a moving vehicle tire. Fundamental engineering (stress-strain) measurements, including dynamic moduli, are obtained which are suitable for use in design calculations in a rational engineering approach to flexible payment design in lieu of the conventional empirical correlations. The optimum bitumen or water content is precisely determined on the basis of the elasto-plastic properties response and independently of conventioanl empirical correlations with the percentage of voids. The amount and rate of compaction in terms of mass per unit volume per cycle of pavement design load applications is measured and conveniently displayed so as to indicate the ultimate compaction for a given pavement design stress. This is the unit weight (density) required by the engineering specifications to insure against rutting caused by further compaction under traffic.
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