INTERIM REPORT COVERING TAPLEY DECELEROMETER DATA

A STATEWIDE SURVEY OF THE SLIPPERINESS OF EXISTING PAVEMENTS SHOW THAT ONLY 11% OF THE PAVEMENTS ARE SLIPPERY WHEN WET. THESE PAVEMENT TYPES AND THEIR LOCATIONS ARE GIVEN. THE TRAFFIC WEAR FACTOR IS DEFINED AND PLOTTED AGAINST SKID NUMBER TO SHOW THE EFFECT OF TRAFFIC LOADS ON SLIPPERINESS FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF PAVEMENTS. RESULTS WILL BE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SKID RESISTANT PAVEMENTS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr Report NO 53, 52 PP, 29 FIG, 4 TAB, 6 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Alabama State Highway Department

  11 South Union Street
  Montgomery, AL  United States  36130
• Authors:
  • Bransford, T L
• Publication Date: 1970-8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Pavements; Skid resistance; Skidding; Slipperiness; Surveys; Traffic; Wear
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207244
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 10 1971 12:00AM