Schedule for 2010 Annual Meeting and Technical Sessions
Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists
March 7-10, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
1:00-2:00PM (NOTE: day/time change) - AAPT Business Meeting
2:30-5:00PM - Government/Industry Forum – David Newcomb
“Pavement Type Selection” and “Pavement Preservation”
5:30-7:00PM - Ice Breaker Reception
Monday, March 8, 2010
Welcoming Address and Strategic Plan Discussion
Welcoming Address: Randall Iwasaki, Director of CALTRANS
Keynote Address: TBD
10:15am-12:00 noon
Session I – Gaylon Baumgardner
Evaluation of Rigden Fractional Voids Test Method and the Relation to Mastic Viscosity
Ahmed F. Faheem, Hussain U. Bahia, Shih-Hsien Yang, and Imad Al-Qadi
Fatigue Performance Prediction of North Carolina Mixtures Using the Simplified Viscoelastic Continuum Damage Model
Tian Hou, B. Shane Underwood, Y. Richard Kim
1:30-3:00 PM
Session II – Rey Roque
Relationship between Ideal and Practical Work of Fracture: Background and Experimental Results
Eyad Masad, Jonathan Howson, Amit Bhasin, Silvia Caro, and Dallas Little
Investigation of Strain Tolerant Mixture Reflective Crack Relief Systems: An Integrated Approach
Eshan V. Dave, Sarfraz Ahmed, William G. Buttlar, Jason Bausano, and Todd Lynn
Asphalt Concrete Cracking Device to Evaluate Low Temperature Performance of HMA
Sang-Soo Kim, Andrew Warg, and David Power
3:30-5:00 PM
International Forum – Sponsored by ISAP and AAPT
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
8:30-12:00 Noon
Session III - Dave Newcomb
The Use of Volume Increase Ratio on Dense-Graded Mixtures
Gary O. Thompson
Probabilistic Modeling of the Effect of Air Voids on the Mechanical Performance of Asphalt Mixtures Subjected to Moisture Diffusion
Silvia Caro, Eyad Masad, Amit Bhasin, Dallas Little, Mauricio Sanchez-Silva
Characteristics of The Loading Pulse for the Flow Number Performance Test
Elie Y. Hajj, Alvaro Ulloa, Raj Siddharthan, Peter E. Sebaaly
Evaluation of Bending Beam Rheometer for Characterization of Asphalt Mixtures
Raul Velasquez, Mihai Marasteanu, Joseph Labuz, and Mugurel Turos
Developing Master Curve Models for Local Conditions: A Case Study for Hawaii
Adrian R. Archilla
1:30-5:00 PM
Symposium Session – Polyphosphoric Acid Modification – Rebecca McDaniel
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
8:30-12:00 PM
Session IV – Mike Anderson
Mechanistic design of silent asphalt mixtures and its validation
M. Huurman, L.T. Mo, M.F. Woldekidan
Laboratory Evaluation of Sulfur-Modified Warm Mix
Adam Taylor, Nam Tran, Richard May, David Timm, Mary Robbins, Buzz Powell
Fracture Properties of Gap & Dense Graded Thin Bonded Overlays
Sarfraz Ahmed, Eshan V. Dave, William G. Buttlar, and Marvin K .Exline
Estimating Allowable RAP in Asphalt Mixes to Meet Target Low Temperature PG Requirements
Tao Ma Hussain U. Bahia, Enad Mahmoud , Eli Y. Hajj
Laboratory Investigation of HMA Modulus, Flow and Flexural Fatigue on Samples of Varying Density
Phillip B. Blankenship, R. Michael Anderson
1:30-5:00 PM
Session V - Steve Brown
Statistical Analysis of Critical Input Parameters in Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide
Senthilmurugan Thyagarajan, Nadarajah Sivaneswaran, Balasingam Muhunthan and Katherine Petros
Advanced Asphalt Overlay Thickness Design and Analysis System
Fujie Zhou, Sheng Hu, and Tom Scullion
Development of Stochastic Perpetual Pavement Design Criteria
J. Richard Willis , David H. Timm
Endurance Limit of Hot Mix Asphalt Mixtures to Prevent Bottom-Up Fatigue Cracking
Brian D. Prowell, E. Ray Brown, R. Michael Anderson, Shihui Shen, and Samuel H. Carpenter