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The Tensile Strength Ratio (TSR) test is commonly used to quantify the moisture susceptibility of asphalt mixtures. This test method is based on the indirect tensile strength, which is not a fundamental property and hence cannot be used in the asphalt mixture design process. Therefore, alternative test methods that use a fundamental property to quantify moisture sensitivity of asphalt mixtures are needed. This study investigates if the linear impact resonance shift and frequency spectrum bandwidth changes measured using Axisymmetric Flexural Vibration (AFV) technique can be used to quantify moisture damage. This test enables calculation of the dynamic elastic modulus of the disk, based on measured resonance frequency as well as quantification of vibration energy dissipation in the specimens based on the change in bandwidth of frequency spectrum. AFV test is used to quantify moisture damage susceptibility of asphalt mixture specimens with different moisture conditioning levels and different mixture designs. The results of the AFV test are compared with the TSR test. Also, the sensitivity of the AFV test to quantify the effect of thixotropic aging due to storage and temperature are discussed. The results show that the AFV technique can successfully quantify moisture damage and the effect of aging and temperature change.

Quantifying moisture damage in asphalt concrete using axisymmetric flexural vibration technique