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Difference Between Elastic and Resilient Modulus

The document describes the Long-Term Pavement Performance Program's resilient modulus testing and startup procedure product line. It includes three videos that explain resilient modulus testing, the startup procedure for ensuring accurate test results, and the sample preparation and test method. The startup procedure verifies a lab's equipment, personnel, and ability to correctly conduct resilient modulus tests on soils and unbound materials according to the FHWA's protocol.

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Difference Between Elastic and Resilient Modulus

The document describes the Long-Term Pavement Performance Program's resilient modulus testing and startup procedure product line. It includes three videos that explain resilient modulus testing, the startup procedure for ensuring accurate test results, and the sample preparation and test method. The startup procedure verifies a lab's equipment, personnel, and ability to correctly conduct resilient modulus tests on soils and unbound materials according to the FHWA's protocol.

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Long-Term Pavement Performance Program

Resilient Modulus
Testing and Startup
Procedures
A Product Line

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PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES
What is the Resilient Modulus (Mr)
Testing and Startup Product Line
• Why Mr Testing and the Startup Procedures
are Important
• Development of the Mr Startup Procedure
• How to Conduct the Mr Startup Procedure
• Who Should Use the Mr Testing and Startup
Product Line and Why
• How to Get Information on the Mr Testing
and Startup Product Line

2
LTPP Mr Start-up Procedure
Product Line
 FHWA LTPP Protocol P46, Resilient Modulus of
Unbound Granular Base/Subbase Materials and
Subgrade Soils

FHWA-RD-96-176, Resilient Modulus of Unbound 


Materials Laboratory Startup and Quality Control
Procedure

 FHWA Video Tape Series


Laboratory Resilient Modulus Testing: Is This the
Right Time?
Laboratory Resilient Modulus Testing: Startup and
Quality Control Procedure
Laboratory Resilient Modulus Testing: Sample
3 Preparation and Test Procedure
Resilient Modulus Lab Tests
Videotape 1
“Laboratory Resilient Modulus Testing: Is This the
Right Time?”
– 8 minutes
– Explains resilient modulus and what it is used for.
– Describes developments that have made the testing
more consistent and easier to adopt.

– Target Audience: Administrators and engineers

4
Resilient Modulus Lab Tests
Videotape 2
“Laboratory Resilient Modulus Testing: Startup and
Quality Control Procedure”
– 15 minutes
– Gives detailed definition of resilient modulus.
– Explains the procedure developed to ensure that a
lab is set up properly to conduct the test procedure
and to collect accurate test results.

– Target Audience: Laboratory managers and


technicians

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Resilient Modulus Lab Tests
Videotape 3
“Laboratory Resilient Modulus Testing: Sample
Preparation and Test Procedure”
– 13 minutes
– Describes each step in the resilient modulus test
procedure, including how to prepare soil and
aggregate samples.

– Target Audience: Lab managers and technicians

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PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES
• What is the Resilient Modulus (Mr) Testing
and Startup Procedure Product Line
Why Mr Testing and the
Startup Procedures Are Important
• Development of the Mr Startup Procedure
• How to Conduct the Mr Startup Procedure
• Who Should Use the Mr Testing and Startup
Product Line and Why
• How to Get Information on the Mr Testing
and Startup Product Line

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Resilient Modulus 101

• AASHTO Definition:
– “A measure of the elastic property of soil
recognizing certain non-linear
characteristics.”

• Resilient Modulus = Mr
• Resilient Modulus = elastic modulus (mod. of
elasticity)
• Resilient Modulus = stress/strain
• Resilient Modulus = stiffness
• Resilient modulus  strength
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Typical Elastic Modulus Values
(ksi)

• PCC 3,000 – 6,000


• Asphalt Concrete 500 – 2,000
• Crushed Stone 20 – 40
• Silty Soils 5 – 20
• Clayey Soils 5 – 10

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Usefulness of Resilient Modulus

• Used to define fundamental material


properties
• Used in constitutive models
• Used to predict stress, strain, and
displacement
• Used to develop performance models
• Used in current AASHTO pavement
design guide
• Used in mechanistic design approach

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The Resilient Modulus
Startup Procedure
• Verifies the ability of equipment
and personnel to perform resilient
modulus testing
• Developed by LTPP to ensure
consistent, repeatable and
accurate results
• Implemented in FHWA, state
DOTs, academia, and industry

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Benefits Of Mr Startup Procedure

• Procedure useful to anyone


conducting resilient modulus
testing
• Prepared for resilient modulus of
soils but can be applied to asphalt
• Generic procedure useful to
anyone performing testing using
servo-hydraulic test systems (i.e.
complex modulus, creep, etc.)

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PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES
• What is the Resilient Modulus (Mr) Testing
and Startup Procedure Product Line
• Why Mr Testing and the Startup Procedures
are Important
Development of the Mr Startup Procedure
• How to Conduct the Mr Startup Procedure
• Who Should Use the Mr Testing and Startup
Product Line and Why
• How to Get Information on the Mr Testing
and Startup Product Line

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Testing and Protocol History
• 1987 - Strategic Highway Research
Program (SHRP) adopts resilient
modulus testing
• 1990 - Initial protocols developed
• 1991 - Resilient Modulus testing began
• 1992 - FHWA assumes leadership of
LTPP
• Early 1993 - SHRP Resilient Modulus
Testing Ends

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Data Problems:
1993/1994 - SHRP data

• Serious flaws found in the data


• Large amount of data deemed
unusable
• Probable cause
– faulty electronics
– mechanical problems
– operator error

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Causes of Data Problems

• Sample loading non-symmetrical


• Sample loaded too long
• Deformation occurs prior to loading *
• Deformation impulse shorter than
load impulse *
• Deformation fluctuation
• Deformation “flat-line” or clipping
phenomenon

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High Testing Variability
and Low Confidence

• Poor precision and bias


– SHRP precision and bias
testing yielded 100%
variation between labs, 50%
within lab
• Many practitioners have no
confidence in test results
• Equipment standardization
lacking
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The Mr Testing Challenge

• Significant modulus testing remained to be


completed
• Need for equipment and operator verification
procedure established

Result
– P46 test procedure revised to reflect
lessons learned
– P46 startup procedure developed to address
equipment/operator issues

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The Startup Procedure Development
Objectives

• Develop a simple, efficient and


inexpensive methodology to verify
equipment performance and accuracy
of a laboratory

• Verify laboratory ability


(personnel/equipment) to conduct
P46 Resilient Modulus Tests

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PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES

• What is the Resilient Modulus (Mr) Startup


Procedure Product Line
• Why Mr Testing and the Startup Procedure is
Important
• Development of the Mr Startup Procedure
How to Conduct the Mr Startup Procedure
• Who Should Use the Mr Startup Procedure and
Why
• How to Get Information on the Mr Startup
Procedure

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Equipment

• Oscilloscope
 Function Generator
 Strain Indicator
 LVDT Modulator/Oscillator
(optional)
 NIST Traceable Proving Rings
 Micrometer Calibrator
 NIST Traceable Pressure Gauge
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The 3-Phase Startup Process

 Verification of Electronic System

• Verification of Mechanical System

• Verification of Laboratory Ability to Conduct


P46 Resilient Modulus Test

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Electronic System Verification
Electrical Method (Method 1)

• Focuses on the signal path from the


transducers to the digitized output
data
• Input: an electrical signal with
known frequency and amplitude
• Output: acquired digitized data
• Compares input and output signals
for a range in frequency

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Electronic System Verification
Mechanical Method (Method 2)

• Focuses on the signal path from the


transducers to the digitized output
data
• Input: a “reference” LVDT and the
machine LVDT are exercised
mechanically with known frequency
and amplitude
• Output: acquired digitized data and
visual reference to oscilloscope
• Compares input and output signals
for a range in frequency
• Note: new procedure, not
documented in FHWA-RD-96-176,
simpler than Method 1
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Electronic System Verification
Components Checked

• Analog signal conditioning


• Digitized signal processing
• Transducers (load cells, LVDTs)
• Signal filters
• Various layers of data acquisition
and control software

• Acceptance Criteria
– Matched input to output delays
< .5 msec
– Amplitude constant from 2 to
50 hz
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The 3-Phase Startup Process

• Verification of Electronic System

 Verification of Mechanical System

• Verification of Laboratory Ability to Conduct


P46 Resilient Modulus Test

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Mechanical System Verification

• Focuses on the performance


capability of the laboratory
equipment

• Uses NIST traceable calibrated


proving rings and other
measurement devices

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Mechanical System Verification
Components

• LVDT Calibration
• Load Cell Zero
• Load Cell Calibration Certificates
• Load Cell Cal. Verification
• Dynamic Response
• Phase Angles
• Triaxial Pressure Chamber

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