DECAY OF TINE-TEXTURED GROOVES IN RIGID PAVEMENTS

This is the second and final report on a project to determine the effectiveness and durability of tined grooves on portland cement concrete pavements. This report updates and reinforces the statistical relationships between friction decay and traffic volume, and between texture wear and traffic volume after the passage of 2 years of additional traffic. Based on the initial groove depth requirement of 0.050 in. as determined in the first report, and the updated mean groove wear rate of 0.010 in. per million vehicle passes, the current tining specification minimum of 2/16 in. should provide life-long friction for about 54 percent of New York's rigid pavements. If the intial requirement were 3/16 in., 78 percent of roads would have adequate friction. (FHWA)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, Study Title: Durability of Tine Texturing on PCC Pavements.
• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Transportation

  Engineering Research and Development Bureau, 1220 Washington Avenue
  Albany, NY  United States  12232

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Grady, J E
• Publication Date: 1983-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 23 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Friction; Pavement grooving; Portland cement concrete; Rigid pavements; Specifications; Texture; Traffic delays; Traffic volume; Wear
• Old TRIS Terms: Grooves
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00392213
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-NY-RR-83-107 Final Rpt., FCP 40M2-994
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 1985 12:00AM