Asphalt Quiz |Questions and Answers |100% Scores

Asphalt Quiz |Questions and
Answers |100% Scores
Flexible Pavement - -surface made with hot mixed asphalt concrete

- Rigid pavement - -surface made with portland cement concrete

- pavement - -is a layering system that provides:
-a strong structure to support loads
-a smooth wearing surface
-a skid resistant wearing surface
-a durable under environmental influence surface

- surface - --asphalt for concrete surface
-prevent water penetration
-smooth and well loaded surface
-resists the traffic load

- Base - --distributes the load to the foundation
-should hace sufficient quality
-made of asphalt or concrete

- Sub Base - --When the subgrade is weak
-compacted granular material

- Sub grade - --compacted soil
-foundation
-in situ soil

- Bitumen - -sticky, black and highly viscous material
-semi solid or liquid state

- crude bitumen - -naturally occurring asphalt

- refined bitumen - -refined residue from distillation of oil

- asphalt cement - --semi solid at room temp
-most common for producing Hot mixed asphalt
-new performance grading system called SuperPave

- asphalt emulation - --liquid at room temperature
-cold mix
-used to prevent coalescence of asphalt particles