Evaluation of Seal Coat Performance Using Macro-Texture Measurements

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• Creators:
  Martino, Mariano Miguel ; Weissmann, Jose
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at San Antonio. Dept. of Civil Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Seal coats
  • Pavement surface course
  • Friction course
  • Macrotexture
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-08/0-5310-3
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Texas
• Edition:
  Technical
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas. Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) spends over $250 million per year to maintain almost 200,000 miles of roadway with more than 450 million vehicle miles per day. Seal coats are very important for the Department’s preventive maintenance program. Seal coats are one of the most important elements of pavement maintenance because they slow down pavement deterioration. It is less expensive to seal coat roads with low traffic volumes every few years than it is to overlay or completely replace the road. Seal coats also beautify and seal the road from water. In addition, seal coats are instrumental in maintaining and recovering skid resistance, which is a major safety requirement in pavement maintenance.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-5310
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/88902/dot_88902_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.44 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:de68b69bc1d884605615b70c769fb02c54f81954b8c94e65791bd2fd727c74ec144b6a1bf691452c96747c2ea6be90c72c8ca28569a7a41cba9620ee1f89e28d