Abstract: A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED ON A TEST SECTION OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT TO PRODUCE NEEDED TEMPERATURE DATA FROM THE DESERT PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST. SOLAR RADIATION DATA WERE RECORDED CONCURRENTLY FOR COMPARISON WITH THE TEMPERATURE DATA. TYPICAL TEMPERATURE PATTERNS FOR EACH MONTH OF THE TEST PERIOD ARE PRESENTED AND EXPLAINED WITH THE AID OF HEAT TRANSFER THEORY. PRESENTATIONS OF THE DATA SHOW THE AVERAGE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE TEST PERIOD AS WELL AS THE TEMPERATURE DURATION AT VARIOUS LEVELS. EVALUATION OF THE STATISTICS HAS LED THE AUTHORS TO SUGGEST POSSIBLE ADDITIONS TO THE PRESENT METHODS OF TESTING ASPHALTIC CONCRETE FOR USE IN DESERT AREAS. COMPARISON BETWEEN SOLAR RADIATION AND TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIATES THE THEORY THAT SHALLOW DEPTHS ARE GREATLY INFLUENCED BY THE SUN'S ENERGY. ANALYSIS OF THE DATA SHOWS THAT PREDICTION OF PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES IS POSSIBLE WITH THE USE OF INFORMATION FROM WEATHER REPORTS OF AIR TEMPERATURE AND SOLAR RADIATION. /AUTHOR/
Publication Year: 1971
Publication Date: 1971-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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