The reliability of asset management regime of the SROH using air void content of asphalt mixtures

Monower Sadique, Hassan Al-Nageim, Karl Stopps
2017 International Journal of Pavement Engineering  
The comparison pairs of cores (each 100mm apart) from 68 reinstatements sites from various parts of the UK revealed that, the compounding consequences of generic non-homogeneous characteristics of hand laid recipe mixed materials (specified in SROH) and high likeliness of being biased during AV testing makes the coring method extremely unreliable with very low repeatability and reproducibility. The wide-ranging maximum density reported in every instance in the comparison pair coring experiments
more » ... meaningfully rationalizes the distorted homogeneity of materials. Although not only maximum density but also bulk density of adjacent cores located only 100 mm apart were found to be varied in the case of every pair in this study. Furthermore, the in-situ performance shown by from 50 reinstatements after experiencing 1.5 years to 10 years real life aging from various parts of the UK predictably indicates that either the linkage between the reinstatement with non-compliant AV and its impact on footways durability is non-proven or the reported AV content is extremely over estimated. At 95% level of significance, there exists enough evidence to conclude that, due to high uncertainty, very low repeatability and reproducibility and poor reliability with high chances of bias, the assessment of hand laid reinstatement work by air void (AV) testing will expose both the contractor and the client to unacceptable risk.
doi:10.1080/10298436.2016.1260131 fatcat:7cgo4ivdwngzvnhmlupq5uowda