Chip Sealing Over Paving Fabric in Various Climatic Conditions

Pavement preservation toolboxes typically consist of several surface treatments that can be considered to preserve or extend the life of a pavement—possible surface treatments include chip sealing or thin lift overlays. Although paving fabrics are normally used with asphalt concrete overlays, paving fabrics are also found to be cost-effective when used in conjunction with a chip seal. Documented cost analyses found that paving fabrics can extend the life of a chip seal by an additional 50 to 75 percent in the warm climate areas of California and Texas. The paving fabric industry has been challenged by the Federal Highway Administration and other pavement preservation practitioners to develop a reasonable approach for chip sealing over paving fabric in various climatic conditions throughout the United States, in addition to those successfully done in warm climates. Respecting this challenge, 33 projects were installed in seven temperature zones throughout the United States including Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Washington DC, and other parts of California and Texas. Field experiments were placed in cooperation with cities, counties, state and federal highway transportation departments, with contributions from chip seal contractors, fabric installers and fabric manufacturers. The objective of this paper is to quantify the climatic areas where chip sealing over paving fabric can be done successfully and provide a cost-effective contribution to pavement maintenance and preservation. In addition, information will also be provided on its economic and environmental benefits, and construction materials application depending on climatic condition.

• Record URL:
  https://www.pavementpreservation.org/icpp/paper/21_2010.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  California Department of Transportation

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Foundation for Pavement Preservation

  2025 M Street, NW, Suite 800
  Washington, DC  United States  20036-3309
• Authors:
  • Davis, Lita
  • Miner, John
• Conference:
  • First International Conference on Pavement Preservation
  • Location: Newport Beach CA, United States
  • Date: 2010-4-13 to 2010-4-15
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 331-350
• Monograph Title: Compendium of Papers from the First International Conference on Pavement Preservation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt concrete; Chip seals; Fabrics; Life cycle analysis; Life cycle costing; Overlays (Pavements); Pavement performance; Service life; Weather and climate; Weather conditions
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01158642
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 11 2010 12:05PM