SKIDDING RESEARCH IN GREAT BRITAIN AND ITS EFFECT ON MATERIALS

RESEARCH WORK ON SKIDDING CARRIED OUT IN GREAT BRITAIN SINCE 1962 IS OUTLINED. DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF RECENT EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE RELATION BETWEEN SIDEWAY FORCE COEFFICIENT AND ACCIDENTS, POLISHING OF AGGREGATES, RELATION BETWEEN POLISHING OF AGGREGATES AND RESISTANCE TO SKIDDING, AND TEXTURE DEPTH. WORK PERFORMED AT THE ROAD RESEARCH LABORATORY TO ESTABLISH THE REPRODUCIBILITY OF THE POLISHED-STONE VALUE TEST IS MENTIONED, AND NEED FOR FINDING NEW SOURCES OF HIGH P.S.V. AGGREGATES IS EMPHASIZED. /RRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 9, No 1, PP 25-32, 2 PHOTS
• Corporate Authors:

  British Granite & Whinstone Fed J /UK

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• Authors:
  • SALT, G F
• Publication Date: 1969

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Experiments; Friction; Polished aggregates; Skid resistance; Skidding; Texture
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00206839
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1970 12:00AM