Criteria for Use of Seal Coats on Airport Pavements

Abstract

Seal coats are generally used to protect the pavement surfaces from oxidation and ingress of water to layers below. Additionally, seal coats on airport pavements are expected to protect the pavement from the potential damage of fuel spillage. This report describes the results of literature search conducted for this study. It also describes the information gathered from visits to eight airport sites located throughout the U.S. Samples of seal coat materials obtained from five airport sites were tested in the laboratory to determine their performance characteristics. Also, the characteristics of asphalt and coal tar seal coat mixes were tested under dry and wet freeze-thaw cycling to determine the effect of wet freeze-thaw cycling on cracking of sixteen different mixes. The results of all these tests are included in this report along with a summary and conclusions, and a list of recommendations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA256785

Entities

People

  • Chhote L. Saraf
  • Kamran Majidzadeh
  • V. R. Kumar

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesion
  • Construction
  • Data Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Fluids
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Literature Surveys
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Surface Properties
  • Tars
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Visual Inspection

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.