PILOT FIELD STUDY OF CONCRETE PAVEMENT TEXTURING METHODS
THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT TEXTURING METHODS ON TEXTURE DEPTH, INITIAL SKID RESISTANCE, TEXTURE UNIFORMITY, AND TEXTURE DURABILITY WAS STUDIED THROUGH A DESIGNED FIELD EXPERIMENT INSTALLED AT FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. THE TEXTURES STUDIED INCLUDED THOSE PRODUCED BY THREE CONVENTIONAL METHODS (BURLAP DRAG, NATURAL-BRISTLE BROOM, AND WIRE BROOM) AND ONE UNCONVENTIONAL METHOD (FLUTED MAGNESIUM FLOAT). THE LATTER METHOD PRODUCED UNIFORM, PARALLEL, 1/8-IN. DEEP, SEMICIRCULAR RIBS ON 3/8-IN. CENTERS. ALL TEXTURES WERE PLACED PERPENDICULAR TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE PAVEMENT. TEXTURES PRODUCED BY THE FLUTED FLOAT WERE FOUND TO BE DEEPER AND TO PROVIDE GREATER SKID RESISTANCE THAN TEXTURES PRODUCED BY THE BURLAP DRAG OR THE NATURAL-BRISTLE BROOM. THEY WERE EQUIVALENT IN THESE RESPECTS TO THOSE PRODUCED BY THE WIRE BROOM BUT WERE FOUND TO BE MORE UNIFORM AND TO WEAR AT A SLOWER RATE. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT MORE CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE MERITS OF SUCH GEOMETRICALLY DEFINABLE TEXTURES AND THAT THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG TEXTURE GEOMETRY, SKID RESISTANCE, AND ABRASION RESISTANCE SHOULD BE THE SUBJECTS OF MORE RESEARCH. /AUTHOR/
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Authors:
- Chamberlin, W P
- Amsler, D E
- Publication Date: 1972
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 5-17
- Monograph Title: Concrete pavement construction and joint sealants
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 389
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Concrete finishing; Concrete pavements; Depth; Durability; Skid resistance; Texture
- Subject Areas: Construction; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00215541
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Sep 19 1972 12:00AM