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Crack sealing vs crack filling: A state of the art review and analysis
Mithil Mazumder1
,
Hyun Hwan Kim1
,
Soon-Jae Lee2*
1Lecturer, Department of Engineering Technology, Texas State University
2Professor, Department of Engineering Technology, Texas State University
* Corresponding Author
31 December 2019. pp. 207-233
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Abstract

The objective of this paper is to evaluate existing literature regarding the practice of pavement crack treatment using crack sealing and crack filling technique. There are two methods of sealing water and other debris out of asphalt pavements: crack sealing and crack filling. Crack sealing uses a router to cut the crack to provide a uniform rectangular reservoir for greater penetration of sealants, thus allowing the sealant material more even contact with the asphalt pavement with less chance for air voids. On the other hand, there is no pavement removed with crack filling treatment. The following topics are discussed in this paper: crack sealing, crack filling, treatment procedure and equipment selection, treatment materials evaluations, material placement, pavement evaluation, Texas and other US states practices and traffic safety issues. The most cost effective practice between crack sealing and filling treatment can be analyzed via the selection of appropriate test sites, computer aided simulation, and life cycle cost analysis. Overall, the literature suggests a comprehensive review of all the known literature and conducted an analytical study of crack sealing and filling practices along with all those factors impacting sealant performance.

Keywords
Crack sealing
Crack filling
Routing
Reservoir
Router
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  • Publisher :KOREAN ASPHALT INSTITUTE
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국아스팔트학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Asphalt Institute
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국아스팔트학회지
  • Volume : 9
  • No :2
  • Pages :207-233
  • Received Date : 2019-12-13
  • Revised Date : 2019-12-26
  • Accepted Date : 2019-12-27
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.22702/jkai.2019.9.2.014
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