INTERIM REPORT ON FRICTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PAVEMENT SURFACES

RESEARCH WAS CONCERNED WITH THE MEASUREMENT OF PAVEMENT SLIPPERINESS AND THE SEARCH FOR MEANS TO ANTICIPATE THE RATE OF CHANGE OF THIS CHARACTERISTIC. THE STOPPING DISTANCE METHOD WAS USED FOR OBTAINING THE CONDITION OF THE PAVEMENT SURFACES. THESE MEASUREMENTS WERE MADE AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 30 TO 60 MPH ON TEN SECTIONS OF ROADS IN THE STATE. DECELEROMETER MEASUREMENTS WERE ALSO MADE. THE TEST SITES WERE SAMPLED FOR 6-INCH DIAMETER CORES WHICH WERE THEN TESTED IN THE LABORATORY FOR SURFACE FRICTION AND SURFACE TEXTURE. ALL SKIDDING MEASUREMENTS WERE MADE ON WET PAVEMENT SURFACES. PRELIMINARY STUDIES OF DATA INDICATE THAT THE SURFACES TESTED HAVE MORE THAN ADEQUATE RESISTANCE TO SKIDDING. AT THE PRESENT, SUFFICIENT DATA HAVE NOT BEEN OBTAINED TO SHOW RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LABORATORY AND FIELD FRICTION VALUES TO ESTABLISH THE RATE OF FRICTION DETERIORATION FOR THE TEST SITES. /AUTHOR/

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • Hpr-1(8), 4
  • Corporate Authors:

    University of Arizona, Tucson

    Tucson, AZ  United States  85721

    Arizona Highway Department

    1730 West Jackson Street
    Phoenix, AZ  United States  85007

    Bureau of Public Roads /US

    400 7th Street, SW
    Washington, DC  United States  20590
  • Authors:
    • Jimenez, R A
  • Publication Date: 1969-6

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00206385
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
  • Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
  • Created Date: Dec 22 1994 12:00AM