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Grading Asphalt Binders with the

Multiple Stress Creep Recovery Test


AASHTO TP-70 and MP-19

The Future is Coming


Karl Zipf
DelDOT
February 2014
WARNING
Brief History of the Test
DTFH61-08-H-0003 Cooperative Agreement
between the FHWA and the Asphalt Institute
John A. DAngelo (FHWA)
Asphalt Binder ETG
Member Companies of the Asphalt Institute
Technical Advisory Committee
The present test methods for asphalt binder
grading do not adequately characterize rutting
or polymer-modified asphalts (PMA).
The current PG System (AASHTO M-320) is
blind to modification and requires PG plus
tests such as Elastic Recovery to characterize
PMA binders.
The PG system was supposed to reduce rutting but
over the past decade and a half it has not
The New Asphalt Binder Test
Uses the DSR which labs already
have.
Runs the sample 10 times. Load
and relax.
MSCR Test Data
The test gives two values which are the basis
of the standards, TP-70 and MP-19.
Jnr Nonrecoverable creep compliance for 10
cycles at a creep stress of 3.2 kPa
% Average Recovery at a creep stress of 3.2
kPa
The New Asphalt Binder Test
Whats in a Name
SHRP (Sharp) Strategic Highway Research
Program
ISTEA (Ice Tea) Intermodal Surface
Transportation Equality Act
TWG (Twig) Technical Working Group
MSCR (???) Multiple Stress Creep Recovery
MASCAR
Sounds like NASCAR
Massacre
Like in the
Boston
Massacre
Mascara
Both asphalt and mascara are black
Muskrat
Multiple Stress Creep Recovery Test
Jnr Limits are Based on Rut Data
The Jnr (Nonrecoverable
Compliance) correlated
to rut depth in the ALF
track, field studies and
lab tests.
The Jnr will used to
determine the binder
grade.
Jnr works for both
modified and non-
modified binders.
MSCR % Recovery & Modification
Many processes will stiffen and binder but not
all make them elastic.
The % Recovery is used to characterize the
elasticity from polymer modification.
A polymer curve was developed based on data
from available PMA binders.
Polymer Modification Curve
Currently in TP-70, will move to MP-19
Elastic Response TP-70 X2.1 Curve
90

80

70

60
y = 29.37x-0.263
% Recovery 3.2 kPa

50
Passing Percent Recovery
40

30

20
Failing Percent Recovery

10

0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2
Jnr 3.2 kPa
So Far So Good
Two key values for the MSCR test
These will determine the binder grade and
whether it can be called a PMA binder.
Jnr
% Recovery

So how do you grade a binder?


Like PG System, Grade Based on
LTPP Climate Temperature
Looks Familiar
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
Northeast States
LTPP High, Low and USDA
M-320 & MSCR Nomenclature
Right now it now it looks like the PG System
The BIG change is that everything is based on
the LOCAL high temperature environment.
Our environment is 64C and our standard
grade, like the PG system is PG 64-22.
Other grades, PG 70, and PG 76 will be tested
at 64C as PG 64(something), based on the Jnr.
Binder name becomes state/region
dependent.
MSCR and Low Temperature
The low temperature tests and nomenclature
will not change with MSCR.
It still uses the BBR results.
The mid temperature criteria, the 8 mm DSR
test, will have 6000 kPa as a cutoff for the
stiffer grades, since for DelDOT the test temp
will be 25C.
MP-19 Grades at 64C
Jnr = 2.0 4.0 = PG 64S-22 Standard = PG 64-22
Jnr = 1.0 2.0 = PG 64H-22 Heavy = PG 70-22
Jnr = 0.5 1.0 = PG 64V-22 Very Heavy = PG 76-22
Jnr = 0.25 0.5 = PG 64E-22 Extreme = PG 76-22
Note MP-19 uses High & Heavy interchangeably
Standard S = traffic < 10 million ESALs, > 70 km/h
Heavy H = traffic 10-30 million ESALs, 20-70 km/h
Very Heavy V = traffic > 30 million ESALs, < 20km/h
Extreme E > 30 million ESALs, < 20km/h, toll plazas
Polymer Curve & DelDOT Data
Where the New Grades Fall at 64C
When Will DelDOT See MP-19?
The FHWA is pushing the MSCR test ASAP.
The Asphalt Institute is pushing the MSCR test.
The NEAUPG (Northeast Asphalt User-
Producer Group) is reviewing a limited
regional implementation for maybe 2014.
NEAUPG will be polymer curve in 2014, and
non-PMA in a future year.
SEAUPG will consider it in 2015, central USA
later, and west coast probably not at all.
National implementation date is unknown.
DelDOT M-320 vs MP-19 Grades
PG 58-28 = PG 58S-28, Jnr 2.0 4.5 58C
PG 64-22 = PG 64S-22, Jnr 2.0 - 4.5 64C
PG 64-28 = PG 64S-28, Jnr 2.0 4.5 64C
PG 70-22 = PG 64H-22, Jnr 1.0 2.0 64C
No Grade = PG 64V-22, Jnr 0.5 1.0 64C
For 2014 ?
PG 76-22 = PG 64E-22, Jnr < 0.5 64C and meet
polymer elasticity curve.
DelDOT and PG 76-22 as MSCR

64V

64E
NEAUPG & PMA
From Maine to
Maryland there will
probably be two
standard grades, PG
58S & PG 64S.
NYDOT will switch over
all grades around Sept
2014 to MP-19.
MSCR and RAP
Like the PG System, M-320 the MSCR spec,
MP-19 is based on 100% virgin binders.
RAP is stiff, Jnr 0.1 - 0.2, but not elastic so will
fail the polymer curve.
RAP affects the low temperature properties,
and these rules have not changed, and it is the
low temperature where one sees failure.
August 2014
The MSCR Test AASHTO TP-70 will be
a full standard AASHTO T-350
The MSCR Binder Grading AASHTO
MP-19 will be a full standard,
AASHTO M-322.
The End
(Not really. There will probably be
more next year.)

Questions?
Implementing a New Standard

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