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Flexible Pavement
By
Faizan Bacha
Types
Fatigue
Thermal/Transverse
Block
Edge
Longitudinal
Reflection
Slippage
Fatigue Cracking
Causes
Insufficient strength
End of pavement life
Too heavy of loads
Relative movement of
Pavement material
Cures
Remove and replace
Mill and overlay
Cures
Crack Filling
Full-Depth Reclamation
Thick Overlay
Block Cracking
Causes
High Void Content
Oxidative Hardening
Thermal Cracking
Cures
Crack Filling
Seal Coat
Full-Depth Reclamation
Thick Overlay
Edge Cracking
Causes
Soil Movement Beneath
Pavement
Cures
Crack Filling/Sealing
Full-Depth Reclamation
Longitudinal Cracks
Causes
Low Temperatures
Sliding of side slopes
Settlement of materials
Cures
Crack Sealing
Thick Overlay
Reflective Cracking
Causes
Existing cracks or joints in the
underlying structure
Concrete slab movements
Cures
Crack Filling
Extensive Pre-Overlay Repair
Rubblization
Crack & Seat
Interlayer
Slippage Cracking
Description
U-shaped cracks in areas of braking, turning, accelerating
Causes
Poor bond between asphalt surface and underlying layer
Cures
Crack Filling/Sealing
Full-Depth Reclamation
Surface Defects
Rutting
Shoving
Bleeding
Polished Aggregate
Raveling
Potholes
Patching
Rutting
Causes
Asphalt content
too high
Excessive amounts
of natural sand
Excess Dust
Cures
Shoving
Causes
Unstable Mix
Braking, stopping or
accelerating traffic
Slippage between layers
Cures
Remove and Replace
Mill and Overlay
Thick Overlay
Bleeding
Causes
Too high asphalt content
too rich a plant mix
improperly
constructed seal coat
Cures
Sand blot
Micro-surfacing
Seal coat
Polished Aggregate
Causes
Soft aggregate
Heavy traffic
Cures
Seal coat
Micro-surfacing
Thin Overlay
Raveling
Causes
Asphalt binder unable to hold
aggregate in place
dusty aggregates
segregation
low in-place density
aged asphalt binder
Stripping
Cures
Seal Coat
Micro-surfacing
Thin Overlay
Potholes
Causes
Raveling of cracks
Moisture damage
Freeze-thaw
Insufficient strength
Cures
Patch
Patch Deterioration
Causes
Cures
Miscellaneous Distresses
Lane-to-shoulder Drop off
Water Bleeding and
Pumping
Cures
Wedge/leveling overlay
Micro-surfacing
Cures
Full-depth patch
Crack seal
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