Pavement
Sprayed Seal Cutting Practice
- Publication no: AP-T39-05
- ISBN: 1 921139 18 8
- Published: 2 December 2005
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This brief Guide provides advice on the proportion of cutback to be added to conventional bitumen to ensure that an even coating of bitumen is achieved under a variety of climatic and traffic conditions. Notes are provided to assist users when to alter standard cutting practices when using other binder types, operating during cooler weather conditions, when using precoating agents or operating in shady or wind chilled areas.
- AP-T39/05 Austroads Technical Report - Sprayed Seal Cutting Practice
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- CONTENTS
- TABLES
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1. General
- 1.2. Retention of Cutter Oil
- 2. BASIC CUTTING PRACTICE
- 2.1. Pavement Temperature
- 2.2. Traffic
- 2.3. Aggregate
- 3. NOTES AND VARIATIONS TO BASIC CUTTING PRACTICE
- 3.1. Other Binders
- 3.2. Fluxed Bitumen
- 3.3. Condition of Aggregate Precoating
- 3.4. Bitumen Adhesion Agents
- 3.5. Cool Weather Conditions
- 3.6. Prevailing and Impending Weather Conditions
- 3.7. Shaded and Wind Chill Areas
- 3.8. Application Viscosities
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
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