Ingxube ye-asphalt ekhiqizwa isitshalo sokuxuba i-asphalt inochungechunge lwezimpawu eziphawulekayo.
Okokuqala, ingxube ye-asphalt iyi-elastic-plastic viscous material, eyenza ibe nokuzinza okuhle kwezinga lokushisa eliphezulu kanye nokumelana nokushisa okuphansi kokuqhekeka. Lokhu kuzinza kuqinisekisa ukuthi i-asphalt pavement ingagcina ukusebenza kahle ngaphansi kwezimo zezulu ezihlukahlukene.

Okwesibili, ukwakheka kwengxube ye-asphalt kuhlukahlukene, futhi uhlobo olufanele lwesakhiwo lungakhethwa ngokuya ngezidingo zobunjiniyela. Izinhlobo zesakhiwo ezivamile zihlanganisa ukumiswa-okuminyene, isakhiwo esingenalutho samathambo kanye nesakhiwo samathambo aminyene. Lezi zakhiwo zinezimpawu zazo. Isibonelo, isakhiwo esiminyene sokulenga sinokubumbana okuphezulu kodwa izinga lokushisa eliphansi lokuzinza; kuyilapho isakhiwo se-skeleton-void sinokuzinza okuphezulu kwezinga lokushisa.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, umgwaqo we-asphalt ohamba ngezinyawo unezinga elithile lokumahhadla, okwenza umgwaqo ube nokumelana okuhle nokushushuluza ngezinsuku zemvula futhi kuthuthukisa ukuphepha kokushayela.
Ekugcineni, ukwakhiwa kwengxube ye-asphalt kulula futhi kuyashesha, ngesivinini esisheshayo nesikhathi esifushane sokulungisa, futhi kungavula ithrafikhi ngesikhathi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-asphalt pavement ingabuye iguqulwe futhi isetshenziswe kabusha ngezigaba, okonga kakhulu futhi kunobungani bemvelo.
Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi nakuba ingxube ye-asphalt inezinzuzo eziningi, kungase kube nezinkinga ezithile, njengokuguga nokuzinza okuphansi kwezinga lokushisa. Ngakho-ke, ukuhlolwa nokugcinwa njalo kuyadingeka ngesikhathi sokusetshenziswa ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi ukusebenza kwayo kusetshenziswe ngokugcwele.