Field Testing Validation of a Robotic Crack Sealer Versus ODOT Traditional Crack Sealing Methods

As roads deteriorate, transverse and longitudinal cracks open. A common maintenance technique to fill these cracks is to seal them in with an approved material. Crack sealing can often be a challenging task since it is weather dependent, slow-paced, and takes at least seven employees to perform. There are also consistent issues with equipment breakdowns on crack sealing projects. Crack sealing is also a dangerous process as it puts workers directly on the roadway working with high temperature liquid asphalt. These challenges can lead to delayed response times in crack sealing which negatively impacts the pavement and can lead to injuries to the workforce and motoring public. Recognizing these challenges, the research team is pursuing best practices and alternatives that would improve efficiency and response time to perform crack sealing. The goal of this research is to enhance Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT's) crack sealing processes by validating projected efficiencies in performance and potential cost savings utilizing robotic crack sealing systems.

• Record URL:
  https://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/SPR/Research/reportsandplans/Lists/Final%20Reports%20All/Item/displayifs.aspx?List=47f3581d%2Df21c%2D403b%2D9358%2Dfea0b008772b&ID=797&Source=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edot%2Estate%2Eoh%2Eus%2FDivisions%2FPlanning%2FSPR%2FResearch%2Freportsandplans%2FLists%2FFinal%2520Reports%2520All%2FAllItems%2Easpx%3FuseFiltersInViewXml%3D1%26FilterField1%3DResearch%255Fx0020%255FOrganization%26FilterValue1%3DUniversity%2520of%2520Cincinnati%26FilterType1%3DChoice%26FilterField2%3DCategories%26FilterValue2%3DMaintenance%26FilterType2%3DMultiChoice%26FilterField3%3DList%255Fx0020%255FCategori%26FilterValue3%3DActive%26FilterType3%3DChoice&ContentTypeId=0x0100BD006C89430C884FB603A74E63BB6849&RootFolder=%2FDivisions%2FPlanning%2FSPR%2FResearch%2Freportsandplans%2FLists%2FFinal%20Reports%20All

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $1229612
• Contract Numbers:

  41210

  136805

  120512

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Ohio Department of Transportation

  Research Program
  1980 West Broad Street
  Columbus, OH  United States  43223
• Project Managers:

  Martindale, Jill

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Cincinnati

  Civil Engineering Department, P.O. Box 210071, 741 Baldwin Hall
  Cincinnati, OH  United States  45221-0071
• Principal Investigators:

  Nazzal, Munir

• Start Date: 20240826
• Expected Completion Date: 20260826
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Cracking; Field tests; Pavement maintenance; Robots; Sealing (Technology)
• Geographic Terms: Ohio
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01927531
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Ohio Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 41210, 136805, 120512
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 20 2024 10:36AM