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Low-Cost Rural Surface Alternatives: Demonstration Project, Cheng Li, Jeramy C. Ashlock, David White, Pavana Vennapusa Jun 2015

Low-Cost Rural Surface Alternatives: Demonstration Project, Cheng Li, Jeramy C. Ashlock, David White, Pavana Vennapusa

Jeramy C. Ashlock

A field demonstration project was conducted in Hamilton County, Iowa to compare the relative performance, durability, and costs of several stabilization methods for preventing or mitigating freeze-thaw damage to granular surfaced roads.


Low-Cost Rural Surface Alternatives: Demonstration Project, Cheng Li, Jeramy C. Ashlock, David White, Pavana Vennapusa Jun 2015

Low-Cost Rural Surface Alternatives: Demonstration Project, Cheng Li, Jeramy C. Ashlock, David White, Pavana Vennapusa

Jeramy C. Ashlock

The goals of this project were to implement several stabilization methods for preventing or mitigating freeze-thaw damage to granular surfaced roads and identify the most effective and economical methods for the soil and climate conditions of Iowa. Several methods and technologies identified as potentially suitable for Iowa were selected from an extensive analysis of existing literature provided with Iowa Highway Research Board (IHRB) Project TR-632.Using the selected methods, demonstration sections were constructed in Hamilton County on a heavily traveled two-mile section of granular surfaced road that required frequent maintenance during previous thawing periods. Construction procedures and costs of the demonstration …


Assessment Of Nondestructive Testing Technologies For Quality Control/Quality Assurance Of Asphalt Mixtures - Tech Transfer Summary, Shibin Lin, Jeramy C. Ashlock, Hanjun Kim, Jeremy Nash, Hosin David Lee, R. Christopher Williams Mar 2015

Assessment Of Nondestructive Testing Technologies For Quality Control/Quality Assurance Of Asphalt Mixtures - Tech Transfer Summary, Shibin Lin, Jeramy C. Ashlock, Hanjun Kim, Jeremy Nash, Hosin David Lee, R. Christopher Williams

Jeramy C. Ashlock

Asphalt pavements suffer various failures due to insufficient quality within their design lives. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) has been proposed to improve pavement quality through quantitative performance prediction. Evaluation of the actual performance (quality) of pavements requires in situ nondestructive testing (NDT) techniques that can accurately measure the most critical, objective, and sensitive properties of pavement systems. The purpose of this study is to assess existing as well as promising new NDT technologies for quality control/quality assurance (QC/QA) of asphalt mixtures. Specifically, this study examined field measurements of density …