PURPOSES : Recently, interest in maintaining aged concrete pavements has been increasing. An asphalt overlay is generally used for pavement maintenance, and a tack coat is used to secure interlayer adhesion. Particularly, aged concrete pavements are required for higher adhesion performance of tack coats for attaching interlayers to materials with different properties. Insufficient interlayer adhesion could cause pavement damage, such as slippage, rutting, shoving, corrugation, and pothole. In this study, we examined the performance of interface adhesion by applying a tack coat material developed for maintaining aged concrete pavement. METHODS : In this study, we examined the effect of adhesion performance at the pavement interface, using a tack coat material developed for the maintenance of aged concrete pavement. RESULTS : The developed tack coat not only accomplished the performance objectives but also improved the results by more than 12 to 43%, compared to commonly used materials. CONCLUSIONS : The use of developed tack coat is expected to improve the interlayer adhesion and reduce the delay of the maintenance process in aged concrete pavement.

PURPOSES : So far, aged cement concrete pavement on express highways has been rehabilitated mainly with asphalt concrete inlay. However, potholes were the major problem, and they shortened the life of the inlay mainly owing to the poor drainage of water once it infiltrated the interface of the concrete and asphalt. The purpose of this study is to compare the performance and economic efficiency of asphalt overlay and inlayMETHODS: Overlay and inlay were compared through accelerated pavement testing, and a life-cycle cost analysis was conducted in this study using the CA4PRS program.RESULTS and CONCLUSIONS : It was found from accelerated pavement testing that the overlay exhibited reflective crack resistance that was more than twice as effective as that of inlay. The total cost (construction cost + user cost) within the analysis period (20 years) of the overlay was 37% lower than that of the inlay.

PURPOSES : The PMS(Pavement Management System) has been utilized in order to efficiently allocate the limited budget for the maintenance of national highway system. In the PMS of national highway, surface pavement condition is evaluated by using the VI (Visual Index). However, the VI is determined only by considering the cracking rate (%) and rut depth (mm), which is not reflecting the IRI (International Roughness Index) that is known as an important factor of pavement performance. In this study, the NHPCI (National Highway Pavement Condition Index) which includes the cracking rate (%), rut depth (mm), and IRI (m/km) is suggested for determining the rehabilitation methods group. METHODS : First, the rehabilitation methods performed between 2008 and 2010 on the national highway is classified and then, NHPCI is determined for each rehabilitation method. Next, the NHPCI for each rehabilitation method is grouped through the interval estimation of the population mean and T-test analysis. RESULTS : According to NHPCI range, the rehabilitation methods are divided into four categories: Not Required, Preventive Maintenance, Overlay Treatment (with or without cutting), and Full-scale Treatment (i.e., reconstruction). CONCLUSIONS : Based on this study, it is recommended that the appropriate NHPCI range should be determined through the combination of the rehabilitation categories and Decision Procedure of Pavement Distress Condition Visual Index.

본 연구는 조립식 콘크리트 포장 공법을 이용한 급속 도로 포장 보수 방법의 적용성을 분석하기 위하여 시험시공을 수행하고, 슬래브 접합 방식의 효과를 분석하기 위해 수행되었다. 시험시공은 줄눈콘크리트포장의 4개 슬래브를 교체하는 것으로 하였다. 시험시공을 위해 프리캐스트 슬래브를 설계하고 제작한 후, 기존 슬래브를 커팅하여 제거한 후 이 곳에 제작한 슬래브를 안착시켰다. 그 후 평탄성을 조절한 후 포켓 및 홀 부분과 슬래브 하부의 공간을 그라우팅 함으로써 시공을 신속 용이하게 수행할 수 있었다. 시험 시공을 수행하며 보수용 프리캐스트 포장의 설계 및 시공과 관련된 세부 사항을 면밀히 분석하였다. 또한 슬래브 간의 연결을 위한 방식으로 포켓과 홀 접합 방식을 모두 적용해 보았으며 실험을 통해 두 접합 방식에서의 슬래브의 컬링 거동을 비교하였다. 연구 결과 두 방식 모두 적용성이 우수했으나, 홀 접합 방식이 보다 적절한 것으로 파악되었다.