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Rehab & Maint. HMA Overlays 1

Bituminous Patching

• Replace areas with poor support• Two types

– Cold mixes– Hot mixes (HMA)

• HMA provides higher quality and consistency• HMAC recommended for permanent

rehabilitation projects

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Surface Leveling

• Provides level surface for overlay– Milling the surface– Removing the unstable HMA layer– Leveling course

• Surface irregularities often reappear in the overlay if not corrected

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Cold Milling

• Correct surface rutting• Maintain curb lines (don’t mill curb lines

without considering crown)• Remove hardened material• Create clean, roughened surface for bonding• Remove material for recycling• Maintain vertical clearances

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Photo of old surface

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Crack Sealing

• Reduce amount of moisture infiltration• Prevent intrusion of incompressibles• Generally not effective on pavements

exhibiting severe structural deterioration

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Subsurface Drainage

• Positive subsurface drainage is beneficial to overlay performance– Reduces erosion– Increases strength of base and subgrade– Reduces deflections– Slows stripping

• Subsurface drainage evaluation

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Sources of Moisture in Pavements

Capillary movement from

Vapor movements Seepage fromhigh ground

From edge

Through permeable surface

Water table

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Moisture-Related Distresses (AC)

• Stripping• Rutting• Depressions• Fatigue cracking• Potholes

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Reducing Moisture Damage

• Approaches– Keep the water out– Desensitize the pavement– Drain the pavement

• For rehabilitation projects, try to shorten drainage path (e.g., through longitudinal drains)

• Improve surface drainage

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Reflection Cracking

• Appear above joints or cracks in underlying pavement layer

• AASHTO design equations do not consider directly

• Additional steps must be taken to reduce the rate and severity

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Mechanisms of Reflection Cracking

• Causes– Low temperature cycles– Traffic loads

• Excessive tensile stresses developed in overlay due to movement of existing pavement

• Initiates at bottom of overlay

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Stresses from Low Temperatures

Thermal stress

Lower temperatures

Old pavement

Overlay

Joint or crack

Subgrade

Higher temperatures

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Stresses from Traffic Loads

Shearing stress

AC bending stress

Tip of the joint or working crackAC overlay

Old AC pavementVoid

Stress at the tip of the crackA

B

C

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Reflection Cracking Control Measures

• Fabrics• Stress-relieving interlayers• Crack-arresting interlayers• Preoverlay treatments• Increased overlay thickness (will not

eliminate reflective cracking, but may slow crack propagation)

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Fabrics

• Provide physical restraint (reinforcing layer) to resist formation of cracks

• Not as effective with substantial horizontal and vertical movements

• Most effective at longitudinal joints and in warm climates

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Proper Placement of Geotextile Fabric

Stress concentration

Old pavement

Overlay

Vertical differential movement

Fabric

Horizontal opening

Subgrade

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Stress-Relieving Interlayers

• Dissipates movements and stresses at joints and cracks

• Spray application of rubber- or polymer-modified asphalt binder and aggregate chips

• Most effective on AC pavements• Proprietary stress-relieving interlayers

– 1 or 2 fabrics and a modified asphalt layer– “Band-aid” treatments

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Stress-Absorbing Membrane Layer (SAMI)

Membrane

Old pavement

Overlay

Vertical differentialmovement

Horizontal opening

Stress concentration

Subgrade

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Crack-Arresting Interlayers

• Granular layers with little fines and large aggregates (75 mm [3 in] maximum size)

• Provide large void spaces that effectively blunt crack propagation

• Effective when properly constructed• Minimum thickness = 90 mm (3.5 in)

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Crack-Arresting Interlayer

Old pavement

Overlay

Subgrade

Crack arrestinglayer 20-30% voids

Crack arrestinglayer 20-30% voids

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Preoverlay Repair Treatments

• Any method that reduces movement at joints and cracks can potentially reduce reflection cracking

• Possible treatments– Heater-scarification– Slab stabilization– Full-depth PCC repair with dowels

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Increased Overlay Thickness

• Does not prevent the occurrence of reflection cracking

• Reduces the rate and severity of reflection cracking

• Cost-effectiveness must be considered relative to other techniques

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Recycling the Existing Pavement

• HMA surface recycling may be done with an overlay

• Full-depth HMA or PCC recycling requires new pavement design

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Benefits of Recycling

• Conservation of aggregate• Conservation of binder• Conversation of energy• Preservation of the environment• Lower initial project costs• Lower life cycle costs

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Pavement Widening

• Design lives should be equal• Match cross-sections closely• Place reflection crack relief fabric along

longitudinal joint• Place longitudinal subdrains, if needed

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Shoulders

• Depending on shoulder condition– Patch– Mill HMA– Remove and replace

• Shoulder and traffic lane elevations should match

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Photo of lane-shoulder drop-off

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Design of Overlay Along Project

• Uniform section approach– Use average inputs of section– Single overlay thickness

• Point-by-point approach– Overlay thickness at each point– Use mean thickness

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Pavement Thickness Along a Project

Station Number

Pavem

ent T

hick

ness

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Summary

• Examine the feasibility of an overlay as most effective alternative

• There is more to overlay design than just thickness design– Preoverlay repairs– Subdrainage– Reflection crack control