Talk:Asphalt concrete

HMAC expansions?
This article uses HMAC to mean both "Hot-mix Asphalt Concrete" and also "High-modulus Asphalt Concrete," both in the Mixture formulations section. This seems too confusing to be reasonable. Is HMAC indeed used to refer to both things in practice? Even if so, this article should avoid doing so. Presumably Hot Mix is the more common expansion, so the other should be changed? jhawkinson (talk) 20:15, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * HMA is the typical abbreviation used for hot-mix asphalt concrete, at least in the United States. For high-modulus asphalt concrete, HMAC and HiMAC (which is also used for highly polymer-modified asphalt) are both used, as is EME. Carter (talk) 14:26, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarifying and then editing it! jhawkinson (talk) 16:38, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Test 123
Test 123 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lahham99 (talk • contribs) 17:40, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Looking for English name of Planograph


In Germany a mechanical measurement system for quality control of road surfaces is known as "Planograph". It measures the longitundinal waviness of roads. I could not find an article about this in English wikipedia nor an English translation. Is this device known/used outside Germany? There is allready a wikidata object Q1626707 for this device. Thanks for any hints. -- Dr. George (T) 19:32, 10 July 2020 (UTC)


 * In the UK we measure road straightness with a "rolling straight edge". This looks to be very similar to the German planograph - Dumelow (talk) 19:44, 10 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you Dumelow! Is "rolling straight edge" really a name for this device or more like a descriptive term? Would it be good as a new lemma? -- Dr. George (T) 21:32, 10 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Yes, it's the actual name for it. See for example our the general pavement section of our national specification for highways work or this user manual.  I am not sure what you mean by "lemma"? - Dumelow (talk) 22:54, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry for my "wiki speak": With "lemma" I meant wether the name would be an apropriate name for an entry in wikipedia. Obviously this is the case. I added the name to the Wikidata entry. That means, that a new entry rolling straight edge can be linked to other language articles of to the same object. -- Dr. George (T) 08:15, 11 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Good stuff. I may put together a short article on it if I get time - Dumelow (talk) 08:42, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Great idea! Please let me know if you need help. In the general pavement section of our national specification for highways work I found rolling straight-edge written with a hyphen. Which writing do you think is more common: With or w/o hypen? -- Dr. George (T) 09:27, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Dr. George, I went with hyphen but included without in the lead: Rolling straight-edge - Dumelow (talk) 12:42, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Wow! Excellent article, well done! -- Dr. George (T) 13:08, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Merger proposal
Hello, I'm proposing to merge Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) into Asphalt concrete. I think that it is reasonable to include the content in the RAP article in the context of the recycling section in the Asphalt Concrete article. I'm also planning to add an explanation of Recycled Asphalt Shingles (RAS) to the recycling section, as a fair amount of research has been done on this topic over the past decade and it is becoming increasingly notable in the context of asphalt recycling.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by DavidL44 (talk • contribs) 23:38, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Lifetime of a road?
I'm surprised that there's no discussion here of the lifetime of an asphalt road. It's a significant economic factor for any one or any government using asphalt roads. I'm finding it difficult to find reliable information on this subject, although most of the (unreliable) sources I'm looking at say 20-30 years. I did find this 150 page report which of course doesn't provide a clear answer. Tampa Bay times has a brief paragraph. But most search results are from paving companies. Sbwoodside (talk) 03:12, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

"Oiled (road)" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address a potential problem with the redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oiled_(road)&redirect=no Oiled (road)] and it has been listed for discussion. Readers of this page are welcome to participate at until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 18:58, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

History
A little history section would be nice here! I for one would be interested to know when we first started doing this sort of road, how long they've been common/the dominant form of paving in large swathes of the world, their origin etc.

Not something I have any knowledge about, just a suggestion for anyone who sees this and feels like being a good samartian

--Tomatoswoop (talk) 14:00, 14 April 2023 (UTC)