Asphaltic Cement Concrete Lab
The Asphaltic Cement Conrete (ACC) laboratory, located in 168 Town Engineering Building, contains equipment to test and develop Superpave. Superpave (superior performing asphalt pavements) is a process for designing and analyzing performance-based mixes.
The lab was equipped through donations from the Asphalt Paving Association of Iowa, monies from Iowa State University, and asphalt contractors and suppliers.
Equipment
- Gyratory compactor
- Bending beam rheometer
- Dynamic shear rheometer
- Pressure aging vessel
- Rolling thin film oven
- NCAT ignition furnace
- Direct tension tester
- Rotational viscometer
- Nottingham Asphalt Tester (NAT)
Contact
Contact Associate Professor R. Christopher Williams, 515-294-4419, rwilliam
iastate.edu, for more information.
Department of Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering, 394 Town Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-2140; Fax: (515) 294-8216
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