HIGH-INTENSITY REFLECTIVE MATERIALS FOR SIGNS

FIELD OBSERVATIONS AND LABORATORY TESTS AND EVALUATIONS WERE CONDUCTED ON HIGH-INTENSITY AND ENGINEERING GRADE MATERIALS (SCOTCHLITE), AND WERE COMPARED IN REGARD TO REFLECTIVITY, DURABILITY, AND COST. THE HIGH-INTENSITY TYPE MATERIALS WERE FOUND TO HAVE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS IN COMPARISON TO ENGINEERING GRADE MATERIALS. THE MATERIAL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCES SIGN LEGIBILITY UNDER LOW-BEAM ILLUMINATION AND ACCELERATED WEATHERING TESTS SHOWED SUPERIOR DURABILITY.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1974.397
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract KYP-72-31 Rept No HPR-1(8) 2 APP
• Corporate Authors:

  Kentucky Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Highways
  Frankfort, KY  United States  40601
• Authors:
  • Rizenbergs, R L
• Publication Date: 1973-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Durability; Field studies; Laboratory tests; Legibility; Materials; Performance; Reflective signs; Reflectivity; Signs; Weathering
• Old TRIS Terms: Field observation
• Subject Areas: Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217337
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Interim
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 20 1974 12:00AM