المجلة الدولية للعلوم والتقنية

This paper presents a theoretical study on one of the methods of maintenance commonly used in most countries of the world to treat cracks with asphalt methods and their suitability for use in a hot dry climate, and will address information on the implementation steps of treatment methods based on a number of specifications such as AASHTO –ASTM), and California standard specifications ((CALT and Saudi Standards)) An explanation and description of the method, its uses, expected life, the materials used, and implementation works, which include preparatory work before treatment and during processing, and finally some notes about defects that may appear with maintenance that have been implemented, Maintenance work cannot start without specifying the type of damage, and field visits have also been made to see the damage caused to some roads and see what the status of these roads has resulted from negligence and the lack of implementation of periodic monitoring programs and the lack of implementation of a preventive maintenance program (run out in the early age of the appearance of the damage) in Libya. One of the methods that will be discussed in this paper is Crack Sealing