THE CHARACTERIZATION OF ROAD ROUGHNESS ON BRIDGE DECKS AND THE ADJOINING PAVEMENT

An investigation into the characterization of surface profile and roughness on bridges and the adjoining pavement has been made and the results are reported herein. This investigation included the decomposition of measured roughness on a wavelength basis, thereby making possible numerous comparisons and analyses of the components of roughness. In this report of the pilot study, several methods of characterizing and constrasting roughness types between bridge deck and the adjoining pavement are presented, along with limited results obtained from the analyses of three bridge projects. /FHWA/

• Record URL:
  • https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/digitized/texasarchive/phase1/156-4-CHR.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation in cooperation with FHWA.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Texas, Austin

  Center for Highway Research, 200 West 21st Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78712

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation

  Division of Planning and Research, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763
• Authors:
  • Law, D B
  • WILLIAMSON, H J
  • Hudson, W R
• Publication Date: 1975-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 155 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Measurement; Pavements; Roads; Roughness; Texture; Wavelength
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road profile
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00130586
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-75-S0409 Res. Rpt., CFHR-3-8-71-156-4
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 29 1976 12:00AM