Cracking in Asphalt Concretes

Asphalt concretes are made from aggregates, binders, and modifiers. In this chapter, a brief description is given on the ingredients of asphalt concretes. Different modes of deterioration in asphalt concretes including cracking (i.e., fatigue cracking, longitudinal cracking, transverse cracking, block cracking, slippage cracking, reflective cracking, and edge cracking), surface deformation (i.e., rutting, corrugation, shoving, depression, and swell), disintegration (i.e., pothole and patch), and surface defects (i.e., raveling, bleeding, polishing, and delamination) are then introduced.