Transverse Cracking in Asphalt, an Asphalt Pavement Distress!
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Also known as thermal cracking in asphalt pavement, transverse asphalt cracking can be segregated into types: damage from single falling temperature event and accumulated damage from repeated temperature cycling. Transverse cracking in concrete pavement is the most noticeable when the pavement gets a high amount of traffic on a daily basis.
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