Evaluation of Surface (Top Down) Longitudinal Wheel Path Cracking

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• Creators:
  Pellinen, Terhi ; Rowe, Geoffrey ; Biswas, Kalapi
• Corporate Creators:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Corporate Contributors:
  Indiana Department of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Cracking
  • Binder content
  • Stiffness
  • Structural analysis
  • Aggregate segregation
  • Mix design
  • Evaluation
  • Longitudinal cracking
  • top-down cracking
  • binder stiffness
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/IN/JTRP-2004/6
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Indiana
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Indiana Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The research involved evaluating three surface cracked pavements during 2002 and 2003. A 500m section of I-65 North of Lafayette was chosen as the first site (designated as Site 1), an I-65 section in downtown Indianapolis was the second site (Site 2), and US-421 in Madison was the third site (Site 3). Site 1 had 11-year-old pavement, Site 2 had 12-year-old pavement and Site 3 had 4.5-year-old pavement. All these sites exhibited longitudinal wheel path cracking which was later identified as top-down cracking. All sites had excellent structural capacity indicating that the top-down cracking was confined in the pavement surface. This was confirmed by visual inspection of cores. The causes for top-down cracking in the surface layer were identified as follows: 1) non-uniformities in the material properties caused by construction practices such as segregation; 2) high in-situ air void content; 3) low amount of fines in mixtures, and 4) aging of binder. However, the study was not able to identify/verify any structural causes for top-down cracking.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR-2788
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/90788/dot_90788_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.40 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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