AC 150/5370 – 10G

• Part I - General
Provisions
Airport Pavement Terminology – Section 10
Definition of
and Distress Identification Terms
• AC –Advisory
John Duval, PE Circular
Duval Engineering LLC
• EB – Engineering
FAA/AI Airport Pavement Technical Workshop Brief
November 13, 2018
Boston, Massachusetts

AC 150/5370-10G Key Definitions AC 150/5370-10G Outline

• 10-07 ASTM International • Part 2 – EARTHWORK
– P-152 Excavation and Embankment
• 10-16 CONTRACTOR – P-154 Subbase Course
• 10-18 ENGINEER • Part 3 – FLEXIBLE BASE COURSES
– P-208 Aggregate Base Course
• 10-24 INSPECTOR – P-209 Crushed Aggregate Base Course
• 10-26 LABORATORY • Part 5 – FLEXIBLE SURFACE COURSES
– P-401 Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Pavements
• 10-31 OWNER
• Part 7- MISCELLANEOUS
• 10-44 SPONSOR – P-601 Fuel Resistant HMA Pavement
– P-602 Bituminous Prime Coat
– P-603 Bituminous Tack Coat
– P-626 Emulsified Asphalt Slurry Seal Surface Treatment

150/5370-10G Part 5 – Flexible Surface Courses

AC 150/5370-10G Outline (p 217-256)
Item P-401 Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Pavements
P601

• Section 1: Description
– Note: used for surface courses on airfields with
aircraft >12,500 lbs. For underlying layers, and for
<12,500 lb aircraft, Item P-403 may be used. State
highway specs may be used for shoulders and
other pavements not subjected to aircraft.
• Section 2: Materials
– Aggregates, asphalt binder, others
– Submission of certified material test reports
 P-401 P-401
• Section 3: Composition • Section 4: Construction Methods
– 401-3.2 Job Mix Formula (JMF) – 401-4.1 Weather limitations
• Marshall Method – 401-4.2 HMA plant requirements
• Gyratory Method a) Truck scales
b) Testing facilities
– 401-3.3 RAP
c) Inspection of plant
• Note: Not allowed in surface mixes, except on shoulders.
Maximum 30% RAP allowed. Use mix design procedure d) Storage and surge bins
outlined in the Asphalt Institute MS-2 Manual. – 401-4.3 to 401-4.5 Haul trucks, pavers, rollers
– 401-3.4 JMF Lab – 401-4.10 Preparing underlying surface (tack and
• Contractor’s lab used to develop mix design—accredited prime coat)
– 401-3.5 Test Section – 401-4.11 Laydown plan required
• Includes testing requirements – 401-4.12 Compaction
• Minimum 300 ft long by 20-30 feet wide, and should include
longitudinal joint
– 401-4.13 Joints
– 401-4.14 Grooving (P-621)

P-401 P-401
• Section 5: Material Acceptance
• Section 7: Methods of Measurement
– 401-5.1 Acceptance sampling and testing
• Plant produced material – 401-7.1 HMA is measured in number of tons used
• Field placed material in acceptable work
– 401-5.2 Acceptance criteria • Section 8: Basis of Payment
• PWL
– Percent within limits (PWL)
• Section 6: Contractor Quality Control – Adjusted payment schedule
– 401-6.2 Contractor testing laboratory • Smoothness
– 401-6.3 Quality control testing • Mat density
– 401-6.4 Sampling • Air voids
– 401-6.5 Control charts • Referenced Standards
• Action and suspension limits
• Reports – ASTM

P-401 specifies Dense Graded Mixtures

DISTRESS IDENTIFICATION
 ASTM D5340-12: Standard Test Method
for Airport Pavement Condition Index Surveys Foreign Object Debris - FOD
• FOD is any object, live or not, located in an inappropriate
• Fatigue (Alligator) • Oil Spillage location in the airport environment that has the capacity to
Cracking • Patching injure airport or air carrier personnel and damage aircraft.
• Bleeding • Polished Aggregate • FOD can be
• Block Cracking • Raveling – Loose hardware
• Corrugation • Rutting – Pavement fragments
• Depression • Shoving – Catering supplies
• Jet Blast Erosion – Building materials
• Slippage Cracking – Rocks
• Joint Reflection Cracking • Swelling – Sand
• Longitudinal/Transverse • Weathering – Luggage
Cracking – Wildlife
• AC 150/5210-24
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Fatigue (Alligator) Cracking Bleeding

Low
Severity

Medium
Severity

High
Severity

Block Cracking Joint

Reflective
Low
Severity
Cracking

Medium
Severity

High Severity
Longitudinal/Transverse Cracking

Low Severity

High Severity
Polished Aggregate

RAVELING WEATHERING

Medium Severity Low High

(coal tar seal) Severity Severity

Medium
Severity

Rutting

High
Severity Slippage Cracking