Investigation of Low Temperature Cracking in Asphalt Pavements

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) is leading pooled fund research efforts aimed at developing nationally accepted specifications for asphalt binder and mixture testing. The ultimate goal is the elimination of low temperature cracking in both new and rehabilitated Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) pavements. Low temperature cracking is the main cause of pavement roughness and reduced service life in Northern climates. The original PG binder specifications developed in the 1990’s during the SHRP program considered only neat binders, and the current national trend toward using more and more modified binders necessitates re-evaluating the way we specify asphalt binders and mixtures. Currently engineers are expecting better performance if a modified PG (PG = Performance Grade) binder is specified instead of unmodified PG binder. This extra protection for low temperature cracking costs Mn/DOT alone $5.7 million annually based on binder costs and paving done in 2005, but is it as simple as using the correct binder for Minnesota and the nation? Coming up with updated testing methods and discovering the important factors that impact low temperature cracking is being realized through our combined efforts.

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