Review article

The article presents an overview of the existing forms of asphalt concrete samples and their analysis for the suitability of the material's performance in the pavement design, the ease of manufacturing and conducting experimental studies of mechanical properties. The form of samples for testing asphalt concrete under direct uniaxial tension is proposed, which provides homogeneity of the stress state in the working (control) zone and the possibility of obtaining deformation characteristics of the material by direct measurement. in order to evaluate the performance of the tooling, convenience of testing, identification of shortcomings and adequacy of the proposed mould, a series of prototypes were manufactured and tests were carried out, showing the performance of both the tooling and samples failing in the control zone according to the expected scenario.