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ASPHALT REINFORCEMENT REINFORCING ASPHALT WITH INTERLAYERS

Tensar® asphalt reinforcement applications – innovative, simple and technically sound. Helping You Deliver Increased Value from Your Roads Maintenance Budget With over 30 years of pavement reinforcement experience, Tensar’s asphalt reinforcement solutions have demonstrated that they deliver increased service life, and thereby save money over the life of the pavement. Tensar’s solutions provide better cost savings over traditional methods to achieve the same level of performance or better. Tensar's solutions comprise a range of interlayer products which have been successfully installed in...

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Rely on Experience for Your Projects TENSAR PROJECT SERVICE Tensar is your partner with the necessary experience and competence to provide a customised service that meets the specific requirements for your project. We develop efficient and economical solutions that suit your individual needs. Our staff and installation partners are happy to assist you in all areas covering technical, design assistance and construction support. FROM THE CONCEPT STAGE TO FINAL CONSTRUCTION, WE OFFER YOU THE FOLLOWING RANGE OF SERVICES ► Technical advice on interlayer products and applications • Application...

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Tensar asphalt reinforcement products provide long-term cost savings compared with traditional methods to improve crack mitigation and fatigue life performance. Reinforced Asphalt Overlay Applications FATIGUE Life Extension Unreinforced asphalt In a reinforced asphalt layer, the Tensar AR geogrid interlayer will delay the development of fatigue microcracking by absorbing traffic induced strain. The geogrid interlayer will either increase the fatigue life performance of the asphalt layer, or will allow the asphalt thickness to be reduced to achieve equivalent performance. Geogrid reinforced...

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THERMALLY INDUCED REFLECTIVE CRACKING Thermal reflective cracking in pavements is caused by daily or seasonally peak tensile strains that occur over existing thermal cracks in the underlying layers. Independent research at the University of Nottingham has demonstrated that Tensar geogrid reinforcement protects the tensile weak asphalt layer from the thermally induced tensile strains, controlling thermally induced reflective cracking. Tensar AR reinforced Surface Strain The University of Nottingham* thermal crack simulation apparatus was used in this investigation. Two concrete slabs, each 1...

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Tensar provides products within three categories of asphalt reinforcement: TENSARAR-G AR-G is a composite interlayer comprising a punched and stretched polypropylene geogrid thermally bonded to a fabric backing. The fabric backing facilitates installation and provides a long-term sealing effect -once saturated with bitumen. Owing to the 3-dimensional geometry of the geogrid, the new asphalt layer is mechanically interlocked into the geogrid's wide apertures, thus providing reinforcement, stress relief and sealing functions. TENSAR GLASSTEX Glasstex is a composite interlayer comprising a...

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Mastic Interlayers Paving Fabric Interlayers TENSAR GLASSTEX®PATCH™ GlasstexPatch 880 consists of a glass yarn grid combined with a polymer modified bitumen membrane. The underside of the GlasstexPatch 880 includes an adhesive coating, while the upper side is treated with a protective layer of quartz sand. The adhesive layer is protected during storage by a peel-off release film. GlasstexPatch 440 consists of a polymer modified bitumen membrane that is treated on the surface with a quartz sand, and the underside is coated to protect the product for storage and handling. GlasstexPatch does...

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Installation of GlasstexGrid RN is straightforward. Tensar asphalt reinforcement can be installed either manually or using a dedicated mechanical installation device. GlasstexPatch 880 can be applied to most sound substrates utilising the adhesive coating. Tensar AR-GN bonds well on to the underlying surface to allow paving directly over the grid. A simple overlap joint for Tensar Glasstex. Refer to installation guidelines for specific overlap instructions.

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Mechanical installation of Tensar Glasstex is fast and efficient – an experienced crew can install up to 12,000m2 per day, per tanker. Paving takes place directly over the Tensar AR-GN GlasstexPatch 880 can be applied to where localised treatment is needed for the control of reflective and fatigue cracking. Tensar AR-GN can provide resistance to fatigue cracking and minimise fracturing due to long-term differential movements in the subgrade.

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Contact Tensar or your local distributor to receive further literature covering Tensar products and applications. Also available on request are product specifications, installation guides and specification notes. The complete range of Tensar literature consists of: Your local distributor is: • Tensar® Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering A guide to products, systems and services • Subgrade Stabilisation Stabilising unbound layers in roads and trafficked areas with a Tensar MSL • Pavement Optimisation System Improving the structural performance of whole pavements with a Tensar MSL • Asphalt...

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