A publication from ASTM International includes the latest international and state agency research on using performance tests for hot mix asphalt mixture design and field control.

ASTM STP 1469 - Performance Tests for Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Including Fundamental and Empirical Procedures - is now available for purchase.

Edited by Louay N. Mohammad, Louisiana State University and Louisiana Transportation Research Center, ASTM STP 1469 contains 13 peer-reviewed papers organized in the following groups:

Mixture Simulative Performance Tests - relates to the practical use of some simulative loaded-wheel testers used in identifying rut-prone HMA mixtures.
Mechanistic Tests for Quality Control - includes papers on mechanistic tests that were used in field quality control of HMA mixtures.
Mechanistic Tests for Mixture Design - contains papers relating to the need for mechanistic tests in HMA mixture design.
Application of New Mechanistic Test Methods in HMA Mixture Performance Evaluation - focuses on the use of newly developed mechanistic test methods, which have potential to be used in HMA mixture performance evaluation.