Designation:D3549/D3549M−11StandardTestMethodforThicknessorHeightofCompactedBituminousPavingMixtureSpecimens1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD3549/D3549M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversdeterminationofthethickness(orheight)ofcompactedbituminouspavingmixturespeci-mens.1.2Units—ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.2.1Section6.4specifiesSIunitsbecausetheyaretheunitsusedintheequationsforASTMD1188andD2726.Performingcalculationswithoutfirstconvertinganymeasure-mentsmadeininch-poundunitstoSIunitsinSection6.4willresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyproblems,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D1188TestMethodforBulkSpecificGravityandDensityofCompactedBituminousMixturesUsingCoatedSamplesD2726TestMethodforBulkSpecificGravityandDensityofNon-AbsorptiveCompactedBituminousMixturesD3666SpecificationforMinimumRequirementsforAgen-ciesTestingandInspectingRoadandPavingMaterials3.SignificanceandUse3.1Thethicknessofacompactedbituminouspavingmix-tureisoftenusedasaconstructionchecktoensurethattheproperquantityofmaterialshasbeenplacedonaprojectandtocorrectstrengthmeasurementonconstantdiameterspeci-menswithvaryingheights.NOTE1—Thetextofthistestmethodreferencesnotesandfootnoteswhichprovideexplanatorymaterial.Thesenotesandfootnotes(excludingthoseintablesandfigures)sha...
