EVALUATION OF DISTRESS RESISTANT MEMBRANE (DRM) SYSTEM
Reflective cracking in flexible pavements is a primary form of distress found in Mississippi highway pavements. To date, few if any, fail safe preventative measures to prevent this distress have been discovered. The objective of this project is to evaluate an interlayer system, DRM (Distress Resistant Membrane), as a preventative treatment for reflective cracking in HMA pavements. A seven-mile long project on MS4 near the community of Galena in Marshall County will be utilized for the evaluation. MS4 near Galena was originally constructed in 1981 and is comprised of 6" of asphalt pavement on top of a soil cement base. Reflective cracking from the soil cement base has caused the pavement condition to become unacceptable. The study will compare 3 miles of DRM with a subsequent 4" overlay to 3 miles of no DRM with a 4" overlay. A comparison will be made between the amount of reflective cracking in the new 4" overlay between the sections with and without the DRM system.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $150000.00
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Contract Numbers:
157
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Sponsor Organizations:
Mississippi Department of Transportation
401 North West Street, P.O. Box 1850
Jackson, MS United States 39215-1850 -
Project Managers:
Battey, Randy
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Performing Organizations:
Mississippi Department of Transportation
401 North West Street, P.O. Box 1850
Jackson, MS United States 39215-1850 -
Principal Investigators:
Battey, Randy
- Start Date: 20020301
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- Source Data: RiP Project 6838
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Asphalt pavements; Cracking; Flexible pavements; Overlays (Pavements); Pavement distress; Pavement layers; Pavement maintenance; Research projects; Soil cement pavements
- Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Research; I30: Materials;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01459417
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Texas A&M Transportation Institute
- Contract Numbers: 157
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:03PM