Test Methods
ATS laboratories and technicians are FDOT and AASHTO materials certified. Our technicians provide asphalt testing services for Marshall and Superpave mix as well as material testing. Some of these materials include binder testing and binder modification testing, bitumen testing, fibers testing, rejuvenators testing, chemical additives testing, anti-strips testing and warm mix additives testing.
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| Bituminous Testing & Services | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AASHTO | ASTM | FM | OTHER | DESCRIPTION |
| Aggregate Testing | ||||
| T 30 | FM 1-T 030 | Mechanical Sieve Analysis of Extracted Aggregate | ||
| T 11 / T 27 | C 117 / C 136 | FM 1-T 011 | Mechanical Sieve Analysis | |
| T 37 | D546 | Mechanical Sieve Analysis of Mineral Filler | ||
| T 304 | Fine Aggregate Angularity | |||
| T 335 | D5821 | Coarse Aggregate – Fracture Faces (1 face / 2 faces) | ||
| D4791 | Flat & Elongated | |||
| T 176 | D2419 | Sand Equivalence (Soil & Aggregate) | ||
| T 84 | C128 | FM 1-T 084 | Specific Gravity – Fine Aggregate | |
| T 85 | C127 | FM 1-T 805 | Specific Gravity – Coarse Aggregate | |
| T 304 | C1252 | Uncompacted Voids – Fine | ||
| TP 56 | C1252 | Uncompacted Voids – Coarse | ||
| T 112 | C142 | Clay Lumps & Friable Particles | ||
| T 96 | C131 | FM 1-T 096 | LA Abrasion | |
| Hot Mix Testing | ||||
| T 166 | D2726 | FM 1-T 166 | Bulk Specific Gravity, Gmb | |
| T 209 | D2041 | FM 1-T 209 | Maximum Specific Gravity, Gmm | |
| T 269 | D3203 | Air Voids | ||
| T 308 | D6307 | FM 5-563 | Asphalt Content by Ignition Oven | |
| T 308 | D6307 | FM 5-563 | Ignition Oven Calibration | |
| T 195 | D2489 | Particle Coating | ||
| D6390 | EN12697-B | Draindown | ||
| FAA P-601 | Kerosene Fuel Resistance | |||
| Shell Method | Diesel Resistance (28 days) | |||
| R 35 X2.8.3 | Gyration Ratio | |||
| TP 114 | FM 5-599 | Bond Strength Testing | ||
| TP 124 | Intermediate Semi-Circular Bend (SCB) – I-FIT | |||
| D8044 | Intermediate Semi-Circular Bend (SCB) – LSU | |||
| D3549 | Roadway Cores Weights & Measures | |||
| T 324 | TEX-242-F | Hamburg Wheel Tracking Test (HWT) | ||
| T 340 | Asphalt Paving Analyzer (APA) | |||
| T 312 | D6945 | Superpave Gyratory Compaction | ||
| R68 | D6936 | Marshall Compaction | ||
| T 245 | D6927 | Marshall Stability & Flow | ||
| D6931 | Indirect Tensile Strength (IDT) | |||
| T 164(A) | D2172(A) | FM 5-524 | Centrifuge Extraction | |
| D5404 D7906 | FM 3-D5404 | Rotovap Recovery | ||
| TP 108 | N2TA Rpt 265 | Cantabro Mass Loss | ||
| Moisture Testing | ||||
| T 164 / T 165 | D1074/D1075 | Effect of Water on Cohesion of Marshall Mix | ||
| T 182 | D3625 | Stripping Evaluation by Boil Test | ||
| T 283 | D4867 | FM 1-T 283 | Stripping Evaluation by TSR | |
| FM 5-508 | FDOT Effectiveness of Anti-Strip Additives | |||
| Asphalt Binder Testing | ||||
| T 316 | D4402 | Asphalt Binder – Rotational Viscosity | ||
| T 316 | D4402 | Mixing & Compaction Temperatures (2 Temps) | ||
| T 316 | D4402 | Viscosity Blending Chart (5 Temps) | ||
| T 43 | D6 | Loss on Heating – Binder, Emulsion, Coal Tar | ||
| T 111 | D2939 (10) | Ash Content (Mineral Content) | ||
| T 59 (7) | FM 1-T 59 | Emulsion Residue Content by Evaporation | ||
| T 315 | D7175 | Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR) | ||
| T 202 | D21271 | Absolute Viscosity | ||
| Mix Designs | ||||
| M 323 / R35 | MS-2 | Superpave Asphalt Mix Design | ||
| MS-2 | Marshall Asphalt Mix Design | |||
| PP 77 | D7064 | NCHRP Rpt 877 | OGFC / PFC Mix Design | |
| R 46 | D6390 | SMA Mix Design | ||
| MS-14 | Cold IN-Place Recycling Design | |||
| D5361 | Roadway Coring | |||
| FM 5-509 | Rolling Straightedge | |||
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