BEST PRACTICE IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF NON-SKID ASPHALT SURFACES

THE REPORTS ON SKIDDING AT THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HIGHWAY RESEARCH BOARD INDICATED THAT CERTAIN TYPES OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT HAD THE HIGHEST COEFFICIENTS OF FRICTION WHILE OTHER TYPES HAD THE LOWEST. FROM THIS IS IS CONCLUDED THAT IT IS NOT THE ASPHALT ITSELF BUT RATHER THE WAY IN WHICH IT IS EMPLOYED THAT DETERMINES WHETHER THE PAVEMENT IS NON- SKID. A REVIEW OF ASPHALT PAVEMENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS SHOWS THAT IMPROPER CROSS SECTIONS ARE TO BLAME FOR MANY ACCIDENTS. A CONTRIBUTING CAUSE OF SKIDDING IS THE IMPROPER USE OF ASPHALT. RIGHT DESIGN AND CAREFULLY CONTROLLED CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS WILL PRODUCE THE NON-SKID TEXTURES DESIRED. THE PAPER DIVIDES MODERN ASPHALT SURFACES INTO SIX PRINCIPAL GROUPS. (1) DUST LAYERS. (2) SURFACE TREATMENTS. (3) ROAD-MIX SURFACES. (4) PLANT-MIX SURFACES. (5) PENETRATION MACADAM. (6) ASPHALT BLOCK. THE IMPORTANT STEPS IN CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURE ARE NOTED FOR EACH TYPE. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/14/14P1-009.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 14, ParT I, PP 199-214, 8 FIG. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Gray, B E
• Publication Date: 1935

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 6-7, 1934. Part I
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 14
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt pavements; Coefficient of friction; Dust control; Pavements; Penetration macadam; Skid resistance; Surface course (Pavements); Surface treating; Texture
• Old TRIS Terms: Dust laying
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207168
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 15 1971 12:00AM