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Pavement Distress

A survey of pavement distress along a 20 km stretch of NH-52A revealed prevalent issues such as potholes, alligator cracks, raveling, and edge failure, all exceeding maximum limits. Recommended treatments include overlay, patching, and shoulder improvements, with noted deficiencies in side drainage maintenance. The document outlines specific causes and treatments for various types of pavement distress, emphasizing the need for reconstruction and proper drainage management.

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Pavement Distress

A survey of pavement distress along a 20 km stretch of NH-52A revealed prevalent issues such as potholes, alligator cracks, raveling, and edge failure, all exceeding maximum limits. Recommended treatments include overlay, patching, and shoulder improvements, with noted deficiencies in side drainage maintenance. The document outlines specific causes and treatments for various types of pavement distress, emphasizing the need for reconstruction and proper drainage management.

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Pavement Distress: A Case Study Neero Gumsar Sorum1, Thangmuansang Guite2,

Nungleppam Martina3

20 km length of NH-52A was selected, starting from Nirjuli to Itanagar, to carry out survey of
pavement distress. 50 important locations of 400 m interval in the highway were selected for
the study. In this study, the observation showed that the most commonly found pavement
distresses in the highway were pot holes, alligator cracks followed by raveling and edge failure.
All the distresses found have values exceeding maximum limits. The most required probable
treatments for surveyed distresses are overlay, patching and shoulder improvement. It was also
observed that the side drainages were not maintained, cleaned and even absent in some places
of the NH 52A.

Fatigue (alligator) cracking

1 Inadequate pavement thickness - Strengthen the pavement or reconstruction

2 Low modulus base - Strengthen the base or reconstruction

3 Brittle base - Base recycling or reconstruction

4 Poor base drainage - Improve the drainage and reconstruct

5 Brittle wearing course - Replace or treat wearing course

Edge cracking:

1 Inadequate pavement width - Widen the pavement

2 Alignment which encourages drivers to travel on the pavement edge. - Pavement widening
and realignment

3 Inadequate edge support Shoulder strengthening

4 Seepage and heavy rainfall Proper and efficient drainage

3. Longitudinal cracking:

1 Reflection of shrinkage cracks Cut and patch

Poorly Constructed paving lane in bituminous surfacing Replace bituminous surfacing

3 Displacement of joints at pavement widening Reconstruction of joints

4 Differential settlement between cut and fill Crushed aggregate overlay or reconstruction of
joints
Potholes:

1 Loss of surface course due to heavy rainfall - Patching

2 Moisture entry to base course through a cracked pavement Cut and patch

3 Load associated disintegration of base Base reconstruction

Raveling:

1 Insufficient bitumen content Thin bituminous overlay

2 Poor adhesion of bitumen binder to aggregate particles due to wet aggregate Thin bituminous
overlay

3 Inadequate compaction or construction during wet weather Thin bituminous overlay

4 Deterioration of binder and/or aggregate Thin bituminous overlay

Rutting:

1 Inadequate pavement thickness Strengthening overlay or reconstruction

2 Inadequate compaction of structural layers Reconstruction 3 Unstable bituminous mixes


Replace or recycle bituminous surfacing or use the stiffer mix 4 Unstable shoulder material
which does not provide adequate lateral support Shoulder improvement and overlay rutted
area with bituminous surfacing 5 Overstressed sub-grade which deforms permanently
Reconstruction 6 Unstable granular bases or sub bases Base or sub base strengthening 7.
Transverse (thermal) cracking: No . Possible Causes Probable Treatment 1 Reflection of
shrinkage cracks Cut and patch 2 Construction joint in bituminous surfacing Crack sealant 3
Structural failure of Portland Cement Reconstruction of base 4 Shrinkage crack bituminous
surfacing Seal cracks or replace bituminous surfacing 5 Reflection of joints in the underlying
base Crushed aggregate overlay or reconstruction of joints 8. Block cracking: No . Possible
Causes Probable Treatment 1 Joints in underlying layer Crushed aggregate overlay 2 Shrinkage
and fatigue of underlying cemented materials Replace underlying cemented materials 3
Shrinkage cracks (due to bitumenhardening) in bituminous surfacing Seal cracks or replace
bituminous surfacing 4 Fatigue cracks in embrittled bituminous wearing course Cut and patch or
crushed aggregate overlay 9. Polished aggregates: No . Possible Causes Probable Treatment 1
Inadequate resistance to polishing of surface aggregates particularly in areas of heavy traffic
movements or where high stresses are developed between surface and tyres The bituminous
overlay of use of stiffer mix 2 Use of naturally smooth uncrushed aggregates Thin bituminous
overlay 10. Patching: ISSN (Online) : 2319 - 8753 ISSN (Print) : 2347 - 6710 International Journal
of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology An ISO 3297: 2007 Certified
Organization Volume 3, Special Issue 4, March 2014 National Conference on Recent Advances in
Civil Engineering (NCRACE-2013) During 15-16 November, 2013 Organized by Department of
Civil Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli, Itanagar,
Arunachal Pradesh, India. Copyright to IJIRSET www.ijirset.com 283 No . Possible Causes
Probable Treatment 1 Inadequate cleaning or inadequate tack cot before placement of upper
layers Mill off and re lay upper layers 2 Seepage of water through asphalt, especially in cracks, to
break the bond between surface and lower layers. Replace wearing course or thin bituminous
overlay 3 Weak, loose layer immediately Reconstruction of weak layers

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