SGC Tests for Influence of Material Composition on Compaction Characteristic of Asphalt Mixtures

Table 1

Superpave gyratory compaction parameters (AASHTO PP28-00) [10].

Designed ESAL/10^6	Compaction parameters			Typical road applications
	𝑁ini	𝑁des	𝑁max
<0.3	6	50	75	Light-traffic roads, such as local roads and county roads
0.3~<3	7	75	115	Distributed roads, entrance roads into blocks, city roads of medium traffic, and parts of county roads
3~<30	8	100	160	Two-lane roads, multilane roads, entrance roads into cities, city roads of medium or heavy traffic, state roads, and country roads
≥30	9	125	205	Cross-state roads, roads of heavy traffic, and truck-exclusive roads