Study and Evaluation of Disintegration of Pavement Surface

This paper aims at the study of potholes on the bituminous road surface and introducing the antistripping material to the bitumen to increase the durability of the road. Antistripping agents can eliminate the possibility of some instabilities in asphalt, such as crumbling and formation of holes. The idea is to introduce some of anti-stripping agent in the bituminous while contraction of the road to increase the life of the road from potholes and cracking. In this paper, the antistripping material 'bitugrip' is used to improve the adhesion properties of bitumen and aggregates. The stripping value decreases while increasing the percentage of bitugrip to the bitumen. An additional laboratory study was conducted to characterize the performance properties of the antistripping material. Overall, the addition of bitugrip has a positive influence on the adhesion properties between the aggregates and the bitumen and can be used to increase the durability of roads, thereby reduce the maintenance cost of the roads.