PROGRESS OF REFLECTION CRACKING IN BITUMINOUS CONCRETE RESURFACINGS

DURING 1949 TO 1952, A LARGE MILEAGE OF PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS WAS RESURFACED. THIS WAS DONE WITH THE STANDARD STATE SPECIFICATION BITUMINOUS MIX ( CLASS I) AS WELL AS WITH MIX MODIFIED BY VARIOUS TYPES OR RUBBER ADDITIVES. PERIODIC CONDITION SURVEYS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ON TWENTY-FIVE 1,000 FOOT SAMPLES OF THIS PAVEMENT SINCE THEIR RESURFACING TO EVALUATE THEIR RELATIVE PERFORMANCE. DATA ARE SUMMARIZED QUANTITATIVELY BY A METHOD DESCRIBED IN A PREVIOUS PAPER. RESULTS ARE CLASSIFIED PERCENTAGEWISE BY WIDTH AND TYPE OF CRACK AND ARE PRESENTED GRAPHICALLY TO SHOW THE PROGRESS OF CRACKING WITH TIME. FROM THIS ANALYSIS IT IS CONCLUDED THAT ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF THE POSSIBLE POTENTIAL REFLECTION CRACKING WILL TAKE PLACE BY THE TIME 5 OR 6 YEARS HAVE ELAPSED. THIS APPEARS TO BE TRUE WHETHER OR NOT ADDITIVES WERE ADDED TO THE MIX. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 131, pp 31-46, 29 FIG, 3 TAB, 10 REF Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Roggeveen, Vincent J
  • Tons, Egons
• Publication Date: 1956

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 17p
• Monograph Title: Widening and resurfacing with bituminous concrete
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 131
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt concrete; Bituminous mixtures; Condition surveys; Pavements; Portland cement concrete; Reflection cracking; Resurfacing
• Old TRIS Terms: Existing pavements
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218420
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-023 499
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 21 1994 12:00AM