RELIABILITY OF LOCKED-WHEEL SKID RESISTANCE TESTER CONFIRMED

This article examines the problems in pavement friction measurement and the results of a Federal Highway Administration staff study on the reliability of the locked-wheel skid resistance tester. Tire-pavement friction measurement methods are described.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hegmon, R R
• Publication Date: 1982-12

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 92-101
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Friction; Highway transportation; Highways; Measuring instruments; Reliability; Roads; Rolling contact; Skid resistance; Testing equipment
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway systems; Locked-wheel
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00373844
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-034 245
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 30 1983 12:00AM