Umxube we-asphalt oveliswe sisityalo sokuxuba i-asphalt unoluhlu lweempawu eziphawulekayo.
Okokuqala, umxube we-asphalt yimpahla ye-elastic-plastiki ye-viscous, eyenza ibe nozinzo oluhle lobushushu obuphezulu kunye nokumelana nokuqhekeka kweqondo lokushisa eliphantsi. Oku kuzinza kuqinisekisa ukuba i-asphalt pavement inokugcina ukusebenza kakuhle phantsi kweemeko zemozulu ezahlukeneyo.

Okwesibini, ukubunjwa komxube we-asphalt kuhluke, kwaye uhlobo olufanelekileyo lwesakhiwo lunokukhethwa ngokweemfuno zobunjineli. Iindidi eziqhelekileyo zesakhiwo ziquka ukumiswa kwe-suspension-dense, i-skeleton-void structure kunye ne-dense-skeleton structure. Ezi zakhiwo zineempawu zazo. Umzekelo, ukumiswa kwe-suspension-dense structure kunokubambisana okuphezulu kodwa ukungazinzi kobushushu obuphezulu; ngelixa isakhiwo se-skeleton-void sinokuzinza okuphezulu kweqondo lokushisa.
Ukongeza, i-asphalt yomxube wepavement inomlinganiselo othile woburhabaxa, nto leyo eyenza ukuba i-pavement ibe nokuxhathisa okuhle kwe-skid ngeentsuku zemvula kwaye iphucule ukhuseleko lokuqhuba.
Okokugqibela, ukwakhiwa komxube we-asphalt kulula kwaye kuyakhawuleza, ngesantya esikhawulezayo kunye nexesha elifutshane lokugcina, kwaye inokuvula i-traffic ngexesha. Kwangaxeshanye, i-asphalt pavement inokuguqulwa kwaye iphinde isetyenziswe ngokwezigaba, ezinoqoqosho kakhulu kunye nokusingqongileyo.
Kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba nangona umxube we-asphalt uneenzuzo ezininzi, kusenokubakho iingxaki ezithile, ezifana nokuguga kunye nozinzo olubi lobushushu. Ngoko ke, ukuhlolwa rhoqo kunye nokugcinwa kuyadingeka ngexesha lokusetyenziswa ukuqinisekisa ukuba ukusebenza kwayo kusetyenziswa ngokupheleleyo.