SURFACE TREATMENTS : WHEN SEALS MAKE SENSE

This article gives a detailed overview of asphalt chip seals and surface treatments. It first discusses the benefits of asphalt chip seals, describing how they can provide a skid-resistant surface, new life to weather surfaces, temporary surface cover, salvage old pavements, define shoulders, and provide rumble strips for safety. The article describes what constitutes a chip seal and how it is constructed, as well as the variety of surface treatments that are available and their applications. Three types of liquid asphalt that are used in conventional surface treatments include asphalt cement, cutback asphalt, and emulsified asphalt. While chip seals are most commonly used on low volume roads, they can be used on high volume highways if used in conjunction with high-performance binders which include both mechanical and chemical bonds. The article concludes with a glossary that identifies twenty two basic terms of of pavement coating technology.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1519687
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Page range : pp 24-26, 28-29, 30, 32
• Corporate Authors:

  James Informational Media, Incorporated

  2720 South River Road, Suite 126
  Des Plaines, IL  United States  60018-
• Authors:
  • Kuennen, T
• Publication Date: 2004-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 7 p.
• Serial:
  • Better Roads
  • Volume: 74
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: James Informational Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0006-0208
  • Serial URL: http://www.betterroads.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chip seals; Cost effectiveness; Liquid asphalt; Pavement maintenance; Slurry seals; Surface course (Pavements)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00980698
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 1 2004 12:00AM