STUDY ON POTHOLE FILLING METHODS AND TRUCKS

Gaurav Singh Parihar, Sanjay Singh Azad

Abstract: In 2016, nearly 1,50,000 deaths were caused by road accidents in India. Out of these, 2,424 deaths in road accidents were caused by potholes. Apart from deaths, they cause several accidents leading to major and minor injuries, and delay in travel time. Pothole is a failure in an asphalt pavement when there is water present in the underlying soil which weakens the supporting soil, and then traffic around affected area fatigues and breaks the asphalt surface. In this paper, methods which are used for filling potholes are discussed along with a concept of a modified pothole filling truck. This truck is equipped with a roller at its rear, and consists mixing blades for the aggregate and emulsified asphalt.

Keywords: Pothole, Throw-and-roll method, Spray injection method, and Pothole filler trucks.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2018.0701010