Determination of the material behavior of asphalt using performance-oriented test methods

The tests carried out included a Stone Mastic Asphalt with a maximum grain size of 11 mm (SMA 11 S). Greywacke was selected as the aggregate and dolomite with 10% hydrated limestone as the filler. A polymer-modified bitumen of the type 40/80-85 A was used as the binder, and the binder content was varied from 6.0 M-% to 8.0 M-% in order to determine the optimum binder content. The SMA 11 S was mixed in the pavement laboratory of the Technical University of Dresden. For this purpose, the asphalt was mixed in a mixer. The slabs were then produced using a rolling compactor. Samples were taken from the slabs and assigned a numerical identifier according to the order in which the cores were taken. Consequently, the names of the samples do not correspond to any of the names given in the guidelines. The stiffness and fatigue behavior were determined using the indirect tensile test (according to TP Asphalt-StB 2018, Parts 24 and 26), the deformation behavior using the (uniaxial) compression test on a slim sample (according to AL DSV slim 2024), and the low-temperature behavior using the thermal stress restrained specimen Test (according to TP Asphalt-StB 2013, Part 46 A). The results of these tests are presented for all asphalt variants in this data publication. In contrast to the guideline AL DSV slim 2024, other maximum stresses were utilized in the third stage at temperatures of 30 °C and 40 °C. This enabled the assessment of greater loading on the sample, thereby providing a more accurate indication of the deformation behavior of the high-performance asphalt.