Development of a Hollow Cy linder Tensile Tester To Obtain Mechanical Properties of Bituminous Paving Mixtures by William G. Buttlar, Ph .D., P,E. Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering UniverSity of Illinoi s at Urbana-Champaign 205 North Mathev.rs Avenue 1212 Newmark Laboratory Urbana,l l 61801 Ph, (2 I 7) 333 · 5966 Fax , (217) 333·1924 buttlar@uiuc.edu Ghazi G. A1-Khateeb , M.S.C.E. Graduate Res earch Ass i st ant Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Il linois at Urbana-Champaign 1208 Newmark Labo r atory Urba na , IL 6180 I Diyar B ozkurt, M.S .C. E. Graduate Research Assistant Department of Civil and Environmental Engin eering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1208 Newmark Laboratory Urb ana, IL 6180 1 Submitted for Pub lica tion in th e J ournal of the Association of Asph a lt Paving Technologists December 9, 1998