Laboratory Evaluation of Potholes Patch Repair Mix with Aggregate and Cationic Type Medium Setting Emulsion as Per IRC 116-2014

Thakor Rachana, Vidhyadeep Institute of Engineering and Technology; Patel Krishna ,Vidhyadeep Institute of Engineering and Technology; Patel Roky ,Vidhyadeep Institute of Engineering and Technology; Pritika Prajapati ,Vidhyadeep Institute of Engineering and Technology

Patch Repair Mix, Potholes Repair, Cold Patch

Improvement of potholes on streets and roads of India after the onset of storms is a typical marvel. Frequently, potholes are repaired without dated methods, for example, putting soil or exposed aggregate in the pothole in light of the fact that no hot mix asphalt is accessible amid storms and winter season. In today's situation street condition are seeing to be better because of joining of interchange strategies, procedures, innovations. An economical, nonexclusive, readymade stockpile cold patching mix has been proposed, which is produced in a batch type cold mix plant utilizing local aggregate. This nonspecific mix can be put without setting up the pothole, for example, drying, squaring the edges, cleaning, and tack coating. To the motoring public, potholes are one of the most visible and annoying forms of pavement distress. Most pothole repairs made during the winter months are short-lived. Potholes that must be filled repeatedly are expensive to repair. Recent field trials of this mix in Surat City have been profoundly fruitful.
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Paper ID: GRDCF012053
Published in: Conference : Emerging Research and Innovations in Civil Engineering
Page(s): 259 - 263