TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 712: Optimization of Tack Coat for HMA Placement presents proposed test methods for measuring the quality and performance characteristics of tack coat in the laboratory and the field, and includes a training manual presenting proposed construction and testing procedures for tack coat materials.

Links to appendixes B and D to NCHRP Report 712, which are available only in electronic  format, are below:
• Appendix B: ATacker™ Displacement Rate Verification Experiment
• Appendix D: Comparison of the LISST Device and the Simple Shear Tester (SST)