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Title:

A NEW PATCHING MATERIAL FOR PAVEMENT FAILURES

Accession Number:

00210607

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

AN ECONOMICAL PATCHING MATERIAL FOR REPAIR OF ELASTIC TYPE FAILURES ON FLEXIBLE BITUMINOUS PAVEMENTS IS DESCRIBED. THESE FAILURES, CAUSED BY FATIGUE OF THE SURFACE FROM REPEATED DEFLECTION BY HEAVY TRAFFIC, APPEAR AS CHICKENWIRE OR ALLIGATOR PATTERN CRACKS. SHORT-TERM REPAIRS MAY BE MADE BY OVERLAYING OR OTHER COSTLY METHODS. A UNIQUE AND BETTER METHOD INVOLVES THIN APPLICATION OF A HOT ASPHALT AND RUBBER COMPOUND WITH HIGH ELASTICITY AND FLEXIBILITY AS WELL AS LOW TEMPERATURE SUSCEPTIBILITY. THE AGGREGATE IS USED ONLY FOR THIS REPAIR METHOD WAS DEMONSTRATED ON A TEST SECTION.

Supplemental Notes:

Paper sponsored by Committee on Maintenance of Bituminous Pavements and presented at the 45th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01410098

Authors:

McDonald, Charles H

Pagination:

pp 1-16

Publication Date:

1966

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 146
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Appendices (3) ; Photos (5) ; References (7)

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Subject Areas:

Economics; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Dec 12 1994 12:00AM

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