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Threshold Identification and Field Validation of Performance-Based Guidelines to Select Hot-Poured Crack Sealants

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01152239

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Abstract:

Hot-poured bituminous crack sealing has been widely accepted as a routine preventative maintenance practice. With proper installation, the sealing is expected to extend pavement service life by 3 to 5 years. However, current specifications for selection of crack sealants correlate poorly with field performance; hence, a set of new testing methods, based on sealant rheological and mechanical properties, was developed recently. Measurements of the mechanical properties of crack sealant at low temperatures are among the criteria introduced as part of the developed performance-based guidelines. The main purpose of this study was to identify and validate the low-temperature selection thresholds for the newly developed performance-based guidelines for selecting hot-poured bituminous crack sealants. In this study, selection criteria for crack sealant bending beam rheometer (CSBBR) and crack sealant direct tension tester (CSDTT) tests were identified. Two performance parameters for CSBBR test were used for the selection criteria: stiffness at 240 s and average creep rate (ACR). Both parameters were identified by comparing laboratory testing results with known sealant field performance, obtained from a long-term study in Canada. The selection criterion for the CSDTT test was extendibility, on the basis of field values reported in the literature. The recommended selection criteria were used to predict the field performance of 12 sealants evaluated by the National Transportation Product Evaluation Program (NTPEP). Results showed good correlation between the proposed selection thresholds and NTPEP field sealant performance.

Monograph Accession #:

01165463

Report/Paper Numbers:

10-0657

Language:

English

Authors:

Yang, Shih-Hsien
Al-Qadi, Imad L
McGraw, Jim
Masson, J-F
McGhee, Kevin K

Pagination:

pp 87-95

Publication Date:

2010

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Issue Number: 2150
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

9780309142816

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (6) ; References (15) ; Tables (6)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Pavements; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 25 2010 10:19AM

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