SUMMARY OF SURFACE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE FRICTION PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE PAVEMENTS

THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SURFACE FINISH, FINE AGGREGATE, MIX PROPORTIONS, AND CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES TO THE RESULTING FRICTION PROPERTIES OF PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS ARE SUMMARIZED. SURFACE FINISH SHOULD GENERALLY IMPART THE NECESSARY MACROTEXTURE AND IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ADEQUATE FRICTION FOR HIGH- SPEED TRAFFIC UNDER WET PAVEMENT CONDITIONS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE FINE AGGREGATE SHOULD IMPART THE NECESSARY MICROTEXTURE, WHICH IN TURN ESTABLISHES THE FRICTION LEVEL ON DRY TO MODERATELY WET PAVEMENT SURFACES AND ON FLOODED SURFACES PROVIDED PRIMARY DRAINAGE IS ACHIEVED WITH MACROTEXTURE. MIX PROPORTIONS, AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES, MUST BE SOUND TO ENSURE THAT THE DESIGNED SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS ARE ACTUALLY BUILT AND THAT THE SURFACE REMAINS SKID RESISTANT THROUGHOUT ITS SERVICE LIFE. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Rose, J G
  • Ledbetter, W B
• Conference:
  • 50th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1971-1-18 to 1971-1-22
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 53-63
• Monograph Title: Quality assurance, concrete, construction, bridge deck coating, and joint seals
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 357
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Friction; Pavements; Portland cement concrete; Skid resistance; Surface course (Pavements); Texture
• Old TRIS Terms: Frictional properties
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215459
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309019702
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM