The Thermal Stress Restrained Specimen Test (TSRST) is used to determine the low temperature cracking susceptibility of asphalt concrete.
Now as a multi-purpose low-temperature testing machine, the TSRST has been renamed the
Asphalt Pavement Thermal Testing System (APTTS).
Key Features
- Cool or heat an asphaltic concrete specimen at a constant temperature
- Simulate actual field conditions with user programmable temperature profiles
- Perform cyclic temperature testing
- Minimises radial and/or transverse forces with dual clevis and rod end assemblies
Key Uses
- Determines the failure characteristics of Asphaltic Concrete (AC) specimens when cooled below freezing according to a user defined temperature profile
- Evaluates low temperature performance of field cores from existing roads
- Test laboratory compacted cores of new or experimental mixes
- Demonstrates the effects on low temperature performance of modified binders and from adding modified to standard binders
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