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    This document discusses various types of distress that can occur in flexible pavements. It describes alligator or fatigue cracking, which appears as interconnected cracks caused by repeated traffic loads. It also discusses block cracking caused by thermal contraction; joint reflection cracking from concrete slabs; lane drop-offs or heaves from erosion or settling; and longitudinal, reflective, and top-down cracking. Additional distresses covered include water bleeding, pumping, rutting from heavy loads or poor materials, bleeding from excess asphalt, and slippage cracks from thin layers. The document is authored by Dr. Christos Drakos of the University of Florida and provides an overview of common pavement distresses for flexible pavements.

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    This document discusses various types of distress that can occur in flexible pavements. It describes alligator or fatigue cracking, which appears as interconnected cracks caused by repeated traffic loads. It also discusses block cracking caused by thermal contraction; joint reflection cracking from concrete slabs; lane drop-offs or heaves from erosion or settling; and longitudinal, reflective, and top-down cracking. Additional distresses covered include water bleeding, pumping, rutting from heavy loads or poor materials, bleeding from excess asphalt, and slippage cracks from thin layers. The document is authored by Dr. Christos Drakos of the University of Florida and provides an overview of common pavement distresses for flexible pavements.

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    This document discusses various types of distress that can occur in flexible pavements. It describes alligator or fatigue cracking, which appears as interconnected cracks caused by repeated traffic loads. It also discusses block cracking caused by thermal contraction; joint reflection cracking from concrete slabs; lane drop-offs or heaves from erosion or settling; and longitudinal, reflective, and top-down cracking. Additional distresses covered include water bleeding, pumping, rutting from heavy loads or poor materials, bleeding from excess asphalt, and slippage cracks from thin layers. The document is authored by Dr. Christos Drakos of the University of Florida and provides an overview of common pavement distresses for flexible pavements.

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    Flexible Pavement Distress

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    This document discusses various types of distress that can occur in flexible pavements. It describes alligator or fatigue cracking, which appears as interconnected cracks caused by repeated traffic loads. It also discusses block cracking caused by thermal contraction; joint reflection cracking from concrete slabs; lane drop-offs or heaves from erosion or settling; and longitudinal, reflective, and top-down cracking. Additional distresses covered include water bleeding, pumping, rutting from heavy loads or poor materials, bleeding from excess asphalt, and slippage cracks from thin layers. The document is authored by Dr. Christos Drakos of the University of Florida and provides an overview of common pavement distresses for flexible pavements.

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    Flexible Pavement Distress

    Dr. Christos Drakos

    University of Florida

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    1. Alligator or Fatigue Cracking
    Series of interconnecting cracks caused by the fatigue failure of
    asphalt surface or stabilized base under repeated traffic loading.
    • Initiates at
    • Cracks propagate to

    • Occurs only in areas


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    1. Alligator or Fatigue Cracking (cont.)

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    1. Alligator or Fatigue Cracking (cont.)


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    2. Block Cracking (Thermal Cracking)
    Block cracks divide the asphalt surface into approximately
    rectangular pieces. Blocks range from 1 to 100 ft2 in area.
    • Caused mainly
    • Not
    • Caused by

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    2. Block Cracking (cont)
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    3. Joint Reflection Cracking from Concrete Slab
    Occur on pavements that have an asphalt surface over a jointed
    concrete slab. Cracks occur over transverse and longitudinal
    joints – were pavement was widened. Why?
    • Caused by the

    • Generally

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    4. Lane/Shoulder Drop-off or Heave
    Difference in elevation between the traffic lane and the
    shoulder.
    Main Causes:
    • Drop-off due to

    • Heave
    • Soil shoulder drop-off due to
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    5. Longitudinal Cracking
    Longitudinal cracks are running parallel to the pavement
    centreline, while transverse cracks extend across the centreline.
    Main Causes
    •

    • Asphalt
    • Reflective

    • Poor construction of paving lane


    joint
    • Usually

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    5. Longitudinal Cracking – Top Down Cracking
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    6. Water Bleeding & Pumping
    Water bleeding occurs when water seeps out of joints or cracks
    or through an excessively porous HMA layer. Pumping occurs
    when water and fine material is ejected from underlying layers
    through cracks in the HMA layer under moving loads.
    Main Causes:
    • Porous pavement as a result of

    • High
    • Poor drainage

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    7. Rutting
    Rutting is characterized by depressions that form in the wheel
    paths.

    Main Causes:
    • High
    •
    • Low
    • Structural problems –
    • Asphalt cement grade –
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    7.1 Consolidation Rutting
    The result of excessive consolidation of the pavement along
    the wheel path due to either reduction of the air voids in the
    asphalt concrete layer, or the permanent deformation of the
    base or subgrade.

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    7.1 Consolidation Rutting
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    7.1 Consolidation Rutting

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    7.2 Instability Rutting
    Failure is attributed strictly to the asphalt mixture properties
    and usually occurs within the top 2 inches of the asphalt
    concrete layer.
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    7.2 Instability Rutting

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    7.2 Instability Rutting
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    8. Bleeding
    Bleeding is characterized by excess asphalt binder on the
    surface of the pavement.
    Main Causes:
    • Excess
    • Excess
    • Drain-down
    • Contamination with diesel or similar

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    9. Slippage
    Slippage is characterized by crescent or half-moon shaped
    cracks generally having two ends pointed into the direction of
    traffic.
    Main Causes:
    • Thin Layers
    •
    •
    • Tracking of tack coat with equipment
    • Contamination –
    • Rolling process
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    9. Slippage (cont)

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    9. Other types of Distress

    • Swell
    –
    • Corrugation
    –
    • Depression
    –
    • Potholes
    –
    • Ravelling and weathering
    –

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