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<doi>/ISEC.res.2017.92</doi>
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<article-title>EVALUATION OF THE HIRSCH MODEL FOR<br/>
DYNAMIC MODULUS ESTIMATION OF ASPHALT<br/>
MIXTURES
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<author>HASSAN MALEKZEHTAB and HAMID NIKRAZ</author>

<aff>Civil Engineering Dept, Curtin University, Perth, Australia</aff>

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<title>ABSTRACT</title>
<p>The dynamic modulus of the asphalt mixtures is an important factor in designing or
analyzing an asphalt concrete pavement, but it is expensive and time consuming to
measure. Therefore, it is important to develop a model to predict this value. In this
regard, the Hirsch model is a popular model, however, it is developed based on a range
of U.S. asphalt mixtures and standards. Therefore, it is not certain that it can be used
for asphalt mixtures based on materials and codes other than U.S. This article
investigated whether this model performs satisfactorily with two typical asphalt
mixtures in Western Australia (WA) containing 0, 10, 20, and 30% of recycled asphalt
pavement. To do so, cylindrical samples were made with materials and locally
established standards in Western Australia and then tested in Asphalt Mixture
Performance Tester (AMPT) machine to acquire their dynamic modulus and phase
angle values in different loading frequencies (0.01 to 10 Hz) and temperatures (4 to
40&#176;C). Meanwhile, the results are estimated by the Hirsch model using some properties
of the mixture and binder. The properties of the binder in different test conditions are
obtained using a dynamic shear rheometer. The comparison of the results showed that
the dynamic modulus underestimation or overestimation error can reach to 50 and
280% respectively. Generally, this model did not perform well in this study.</p>
<p><italic>Keywords: </italic>E*, Phase angle, Prediction model, Dynamic shear rheometer (DSR),
Asphalt mixture performance tester (AMPT), Recycled asphalt pavement (RAP).</p>
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