how are pot holes created?
In: Engineering
All things degrade over time and with usage. Clothes eventually rip or fade, pencils snap, cars break down, all because of the innumerable tiny defects and damages accumulated over the lifespan of the item. Roads are no different. As cars drive over them, the extreme weight puts stress on the road, which slowly damages it. More prominently, constant exposure to weather can damage roads (in particular, water seeping into cracks in the road and then freezing can cause a lot of damage very quickly). When one particular stretch of road sustains a lot of this wearing down, the cracks get larger, and the largest ones get big enough to be considered potholes.
Also, if the ground underneath the road changes, this can cause the road to move, creating potholes.
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