Work plan for special design features and crack sealing maintenance.

Details

• Creators:
  Liu, Juanyu ; McHattie, Robert
• Corporate Creators:
  Alaska University Transportation Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration ; United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Asphalt concrete pavements
  • Life cycle costing
  • Pavement cracking
  • Cracking of asphalt concrete pavements
  • Pavement maintenance
  • Transverse cracking
  • Test sections
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-AK-RD-14-02 ; INE/AUTC 14.02
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alaska
• Corporate Publisher:
  Alaska. Dept. of Transportation and Public Facilities
• Abstract:
  The Alaska DOT&PF wants to construct and maintain asphalt concrete (AC) paved highways in a way that minimizes roadway lifecycle costs while preserving acceptable ; performance. Thermal cracking is a natural feature of most paved Alaska roadways that influences both long term maintenance costs and the driving public’s perception ; of road performance. This work plan for a research test section provides construction and maintenance procedures to address what is arguably the most severe form of ; thermal cracking — major transverse thermal cracks. ; A newly constructed AC pavement surface will be modified with the addition of presawn transverse cracks (placed according to specified spacing and cut depths). Based ; on previous experience it is expected that many of the presawn cracks will become active transverse thermal cracks. Alaska experience suggests that this controlled form ; of thermal cracking result in a “better thermal crack” in terms of ride roughness and visual appearance. Alaska experience further suggests that such cracks should require ; little if any sealing maintenance over the life of the pavement. The work plan includes long term monitoring and maintenance methods that will be used to evaluate the ; performance of the experimental sections.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT06-G-0011 ; AUTC #510005
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27873/dot_27873_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.34 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0239efbde72f1e811a1810cd1db00b405ff142f2738ea9fbb9118e78e92b38e2