Test Methods and Specifications
Deformation Resistance of Asphalt Mixtures by the Wheel Tracking Test
- Publication no: ATM-231-23
- Published: 17 August 2023
- Edition: 4.0
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This document describes the procedures to be followed to test an asphalt specimen using a wheel tracking test device. The procedures can be carried out on prismatic specimens that have been manufactured in the laboratory, cut from an existing pavement or on cylindrical specimens.
This test method can also be downloaded as a Word document.
Edition 4.0 published August 2023
- New test method number applied.
- References updated throughout the document.
- Various other revisions applied.
Edition 3.0 published June 2006
Edition 2.0 published January 2006
Edition 1.0 published June 2005
- 1. Preface
- 2. Scope
- 3. References
- 4. Definitions
- 5. Apparatus
- 6. Test Specimens
- 6.1 Specimen Details
- 6.2 Specimen Preparation
- 6.3 Storage of Prepared Specimens
- 6.4 Specimen Conditioning Prior to Testing
- 7. Standard Reference Test Conditions
- 8. Procedure
- 8.1 Specimen Placement in Test Mould
- 8.2 Wheel Tracking of Test Specimen
- 9. Calculations
- 9.1 Individual Specimens
- 9.1.1 Average Specimen Thickness
- 9.1.2 Final Tracking Depth
- 9.1.3 Central Tracking Rate
- 9.2 Replicate Specimens
- 9.1 Individual Specimens
- 10. Information to be Reported
- 11. Precision
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