THERMAL SUSCEPTIBILITY OF BASE COURSE MATERIAL: ITS CAUSE AND ITS EFFECT ON PAVEMENT CRACKING (ABRIDGEMENT)

This paper discusses the material property relations that influence the thermal susceptibility and the physical effects of the thermal susceptibility on the pavement, and makes an initial examination of the effects of stabilization on thermal susceptibility. The author concludes that thermal susceptibility has a clay surface and moisture interaction mechanism that is triggered by a freeze in the base course. The magnitude of this activity can be predicted by study of the clay mineralogy involved. The deterioration caused by thermal susceptibility is much more damaging than low temperature cracking although the initial appearance is the same. Stabilization of the mechanism may be possible, but small variations in the amount of additive may cause more problems than initially existed.

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• Authors:
  • Carpenter, Samuel H
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 89-91
• Monograph Title: Soil mechanics: rutting in asphalt pavements, embankments on varved clays and foundations
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 616
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Additives; Base course (Pavements); Clay; Freeze thaw tests; Mineralogy; Pavement cracking; Soil stabilization; Thermal properties
• Uncontrolled Terms: Stabilization; Susceptibility
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163007
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309025958
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM