A comprehensive overview on main distress mechanisms in composite pavements

Fatigue cracking of cement-treated bases, instability rutting, top-down cracking, shrinkage cracking, reflective cracking and thermal fatigue cracking have been identified as the most common distresses affecting the service life of composite pavements, which consist of an asphalt course on top of a cement-treated base. These distresses prevent composite pavements from being considered long-life pavements, which are defined as pavements in which the structural elements may last indefinitely. This paper analyzes different factors leading to the initiation and propagation of the distress mechanisms, as well as the material properties required to improve the long-term performance of composite pavements.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.6135/ijprt.org.tw/2013.6(6).737
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract used by permission of publisher.
• Authors:
  • Hernando, David
  • del Val, Miguel A
• Publication Date: 2013-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 737-744
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Chinese Society of Pavement Engineering
  • ISSN: 1996-6814
  • EISSN: 1997-1400
  • Serial URL: http://www.ijprt.org.tw/index.php
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Composite pavements; Pavement cracking; Pavement distress; Pavement performance; Service life
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01505173
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 27 2014 11:02AM