The Grainger College of Engineering
Illinois Center for Transportation

Industry Affiliate Services

Here ATLAS loads the pavement with a conventional dual tire assembly. The environmental heaters can be seen in the background.

Testing Services

Soils and aggregates

  • Particle size distribution / grain size analysis
  • Standard / modified proctor
  • California Bearing Ratio
  • Unconfined / confined compression tests
  • Shear strength specific gravity

Asphalt products / binder

  • Binder performance grade verification and true grade
  • Multiple stress creep recovery 
  • Temperature / frequency sweeps 
  • Binder recovery
  • Aging (rolling thin-film oven, pressure aging vessel and ultraviolet)
  • Surface free energy 

Hot-mix-asphalt

  • Batching / mixing / compacting
  • SuperPave gyratory and beam specimens
  • Index and performance testing (Illinois Flexibility Index Test, rutting, tensile strength ratio, dynamic modulus and indirect tensile creep/strength)
  • Binder content
  • HMA mix design and verification

Field testing

  • HMA and concrete core sampling
  • Ground-penetrating radar 
  • Falling weight deflectometer 
  • Full-scale pavement testing with the Illinois Accelerated Pavement Tester

 

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Laboratory

  • AASHTO accredited and IDOT certified
  • State-of-the-art equipment
  • Independent and impartial
  • Basic and advanced testing
  • Experienced engineers

Virtual Lab Tour


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