Analysis of Road Maintenance Sequences According to the Evolution of Distresses

Within the framework of the preventive maintenance policy carried out on the French national network, the pavements are subject to systematic distress monitoring programs and condition indicator measurements: sideways force coefficient, transverse unevenness and macrotexture. The methodology, formalized in 1992 as the "Quality Image of the National Roads" (IQRN), includes a triennial survey of the different distresses, with calculation of a total index. The analysis of such data made it possible to define laws of evolution for distresses, depending on the initial structures, traffic and successive maintenance operations. In order to complement this approach, a joint analysis of the pavement evolutions and maintenance sequences was undertaken. The work presented here analyses statistically the relations existing between the evolution of the observed distresses and the decisions made about maintenance. It also deals with the lifespan of a surfacing before being overlaid, according to observed pathology, and the choice of the technique used to answer this pathology. The selection considers asphalt pavements excluding cement stabilised bases. The study shows that there are implicit rules, more or less marked, concerning the priority given to maintenance, and the choice of the technique used (surface dressings, thin or thick asphalt overlays), according to the encountered problems (skid resistance, plastic deformation, fatigue or thermal cracking).

• Corporate Authors:

  International Society for Asphalt Pavements

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• Authors:
  • Brillet, F
  • LORINO, T
  • DUMEIX, T
• Conference:
  • 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ASPHALT PAVEMENTS - AUGUST 12 TO 17, 2006, QUEBEC CITY, CANADA
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: p. vol3,143-52
• Monograph Title: 10th International Conference on Asphalt Pavements - August 12 to 17, 2006, Quebec City, Canada

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Deterioration; Flexible pavements; Maintenance; Pavement management systems
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01084314
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: TAC
• Created Date: Jan 14 2008 1:52PM