"Crumb rubber in asphalt reduces rutting and cracks and extends life, and it lowers noise levels."Zhanping You, Distinguished Professor, Transportation Engineering, Michigan Technological University ...

Sealing cured asphalt can help the pavement resist oxidation from the ... for unsealed cracks greater than a quarter of an inch, rutting deeper than 1 inch and medium- to high-severity alligator ...

One of the crucial components of this infrastructure is asphalt pavement, which covers more than 90% of roads in the United States alone. As urban growth continues and traffic loads increase ...

Asphalt concrete’s pavement structure typically has three ... then the road can crack, rut and fail. Cracking occurs either at extremely low temperatures or from heavy trucks and buses ...