Materials & Tests Division - Research & Product Evaluation
6601 Centennial Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37243.0360
phone (615) 350.4177
fax (615) 350.4128
Cooperative Research
Cooperative
Research is research that the Materials and Tests Division
assists in and coordinates with our state universities. Most of
this research is funded through the TDOT Research Office (Long
Range Planning Division). The purpose of this research is to
find ways to better engineer components of highway construction
to make the roads ride smoother and last longer. This research
includes all phases of highway work beginning with geotechnical
investigation of sub-grade soils, rock slopes and landslides,
and continuing until the final pavement surface is constructed.
In addition, this research might also include the
instrumentation, observation and analysis of existing roadways
to determine modes of deterioration and the means to combat
them.
Cooperative Research Projects
| University Of Tennessee | Dates |
| Fatigue Characteristics of Mixtures Containing RAP | 2002-2006 |
| Evaluation of Laboratory Compaction of HMA | 1998-1999 |
| Analysis of Flexible Pavement Performance Under Accelerated Loading at the National Center for Asphalt Technology Oval Test Track Facility | 1998 |
| Evaluation of the Relative Permeability of Superpave Mixes in Tennessee | 1999-2002 |
| FWD Testing of Instrumented Pavement Sites (UT and UM) | 2002 |
| Coarse Aggregate Angularity for Superpave mixes | 2003-2007 |
| Rockfall Hazard Database | 2000-2005 |
| Landslide Inventory/GIS Mapping | 2000-2002 |
| Rockslope Stability Software | 1999 |
| Resilient Modulus of Subgrade Soils | 2001 |
| Tennessee Technological University | Dates |
| Comparison of AASHTO Plastic PCC Air Determination Techniques | 2002 |
| Identification of Aggregates for Tennessee Bituminous Surface Courses | 2005 |
| Bulk Specific Gravity of Compacted Bituminous Mixtures: Finding a More Widely Applicable Method | 2003 |
| Evaluation of new PCC Maturity Technology | 2002 |
| Tennessee Flowable Fill | 2003 |
| Click on links below to view the following research projects: | |
| Evaluation of Rubberized Hot Mix Asphalt on Tennessee Roadways - Interim Report (13,196 KB) | 2003 |
| Concrete Properties Utilizing Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) | 2001 |
| Remote Truck Sampling Device | 2002 |
| Changes In Air Content Due To Pumping | 2003 |
| Evaluation of the Olsen Instrument's Impact-Echo Device to Determine Concrete Pavement Thickness | 2003 |
