American and European Mix Design Approaches Combined: Use of NCHRP Performance Indicators to Analyze Comité Européen de Normalisation Test Results

This paper describes a project that is part of NL-LAB, a larger, long-term program at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, which aims to establish the predictive capacity of the current European functional tests for Dutch asphalt concrete (AC) mixtures. In this NL-LAB program, the functional characteristics of resistance to rutting (EN...

Combining the American and European mix design approaches:: utilization of NCHRP performance indicators for analysis of CEN-test results

In the Netherlands, the functional approach described in the 2008 European Asphalt Concrete standards was selected, specifying mixtures by their stiffness, fatigue resistance, permanent deformation, moisture sensitivity and limited composition data. The requirements for the functional specifications were based on the existing experience with a...