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... 8 Tack Coat Specifications, Materials, and Construction Practices • Chapter 2 -- Literature Review – This chapter summarizes the information from the extensive literature review. The following outlines the subsections of the literature review chapter: � Importance of Tack Coats: This section discusses the reasons why a good tack coat is important.
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... Introduction 9 • Appendices A: Copy of the agency survey questionnaire B: Summary of responses from U.S. DOTs C: Summary of responses from Canadian provinces and territories D: Kansas Department of Transportation: Bond Strength Special Provision and Best Management Checklists E: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Tack Coat Inspector Checklists
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... 10 Importance of Tack Coats Pavement thickness design assumes that all lifts of a pavement work together as one layer, rather than a stack of individual layers working independently. Tack coats function as bonding agents between each lift of a pavement section to create the desired monolithic pavement structure.
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... Literature Review 11 Courtesy of Road ScienceTM Figure 3. Pavement slippage due to poor bond.
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... 12 Tack Coat Specifications, Materials, and Construction Practices Tack Coat Definitions "A tack coat is an application of bituminous material to a pavement surface prior to the placement of a subsequent lift of asphalt mixture for the purpose of providing a thorough bond between the two surfaces. A proper bond between pavement layers is essential in order to provide a monolithic pavement structure" (Mohammad et al.

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