The significance of pavement texture
by
Balmer, Glenn G.
Title
:
The significance of pavement texture
Author
:
Balmer, Glenn G.
Personal Author
:
Balmer, Glenn G.
Publication Information
:
Washington, D.C. : Federal Highway Administration, Offices of Research & Development, 1975.
Physical Description
:
iv, 39 p. : ill., graphs.
Series
:
Report - Federal Highway Administration ; no. FHWA-RD-75-12
Report ; no. FHWA-RD-75-12.
General Note
:
Cover title.
PB 243 108.
Performed by Protective Systems Group, Structures and Applied Mechanics Division.
Abstract
:
"This paper discusses the influence of roadway surface textures on the skid resistance, the speed-gradient, the wet-pavement accident rate, pavement wear, and the generation of tire-road interaction noise. The tendency of a vehicle to hydroplane is reduced by increasing the texture magnitude. Appropriate textures are developed by using open-graded asphalt friction surface courses and by grooving portland cement concrete with steel tines or a vibrating float while the concrete is plastic. Hardened pavements can be textured by grooving with a diamond saw or by resurfacing with an overlay. More development is needed in texture measurement techniques, especially in automating the stereo-photo interpretation method and the linear polarized laser technique"--Technical report documentation p.
Subject Term
:
Pavements -- Texture.
Pavements -- Surfaces.
Pavements -- Skid resistance.
Added Corporate Author
:
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Offices of Research and Development.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. R & D report no. S 0349.
Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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Civil Engineering | Book | B023265 | TE250 .B19 1975 | Transportation Collection |