Bituminous Sealants for Pavement Joints and Cracks: Building the Basis for a Performance- Based Specification
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Bituminous crack sealants are used to seal cracks and joints in pavements. In Canada and in regions experiencing harsh climates, sealants often fail prematurely, however. This is, in part, because it is difficult to select the best sealants, those that can withstand demanding conditions, based on the existing ASTM D3405 specification. Consequently, users would like to have a performance-based specification that allows for selecting appropriate sealants. The aim of this paper is to serve as a building block in the development of such a specification. For that purpose, sealant failures, field performance in cold climates, standard test results, sealant aging, rheology and adhesion are reviewed. From this exercise, it is anticipated that a performance-based specification would contain a rheological or thermal test that is indicative of the sealant performance in the spectrum of service temperatures; adhesion, viscosity, and solubility tests; and two aging tests, one that simulates installation, the other, weathering in service. Résumé Les bouche-fissures sont utilisés pour obturer les fissures et les joints dans les chaussées. Cependant, au Canada et dans les régions qui connaissent des climats rigoureux, il arrive souvent que les bouche-fissures fassent défaut prématurément. Cela est imputable en partie au fait qu’il est difficile de choisir les bouche-fissures les plus performants qui peuvent répondre à des exigences élevées si l’on se fonde sur la norme ASTM 3405 actuelle. Les utilisateurs souhaiteraient donc l’élaboration d’une nouvelle norme qui permette de choisir les bouche-fissures appropriés. La présente étude se veut le fondement de la mise au point d’une telle norme et analyse les dégradations des bouchefissures, la performance sur le terrain par temps froid, les résultats d’essais normalisés, le vieillissement des bouche-fissures, la rhéologie et l’adhérence. Par suite de ces observations, une norme axée sur la performance comporterait : un essai rhéologique ou thermique qui serait indicatif de la performance du bouche-fissures dans toute l’étendue des températures de service; des essais d’adhérence, de viscosité et de solubilité; deux essais de vieillissement, l’un simulant la pose et l’autre, le vieillissement en service.
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