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Senthamizhan
Assistant Professor / Civil
Alagappa Chettiar Government College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi
Tamilnadu
CONTENT
Pavement Distress in Flexible Pavement
Pavement Distress in Rigid Pavement
Types of Maintenance
Pavement Evaluation
Strengthening of Pavements
If any one of the above
mentioned layers becomes
unstable or weak then it will
result in failure of flexible
pavement. Therefore it is very
important to design and
construct each layer with
utmost care.
Inadequate Stability or Strength
Loss of binding action
Loss of base course materials
Inadequate wearing course
Use of inferior materials and crushing of base
course materials
Lack of lateral confinement for the granular base
course.
Alligator (Map) Cracking
Consolidation of pavement layers
Shear failure
Longitudinal cracking
Frost heaving
Lack of binding to the lower course
Reflection cracking
Formation of waves and corrugation
Alligator Cracks
It is known as map cracking or crocodile cracking or
Fatigue failure. Since it appears similar as alligator skin
so it is called as alligator cracks.