WEAR RESISTANCE AND FRICTION PROPERTIES OF PAVEMENT SURFACES
During their useful lives, (about 10 years for bituminous and 20 years for PCC), pavement surfaces are subjected to influences of various physical actions and chemical reactions that tend to break up or wear down the surfaces in various ways making them less durable and more expensive to maintain. However, safety through providing adequate skid resistance requires that some wear on a micro-scale be available to revive surface friction which is reduced by the continual scrubbing and polishing action of tires passing over the surfaces. Accordingly, compromises have to be made through incorporating in surface designs aggregates and textures that will resist excessive wear, but will undergo minor differential wear on a microscale. Good bonding of the materials comprising the bulk of the surface, the aggregates, by use of appropriate amounts and high quality of the cementing agents is necessary for maintaining both wear resistance and skid resistance.
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Supplemental Notes:
- International Conference on Wear of Materials, St. Louis, Missouri, April 25-28, 1977.
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Corporate Authors:
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Two Park Avenue
New York, NY United States 10016-5990 -
Authors:
- Dahir, S H
- Meyer, W E
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1977
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 420-426
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Bitumen; Bonding; Cement; Chemical reactions; Durability; Materials; Pavements; Prestressed concrete; Roads; Safety; Skid resistance; Surface course (Pavements); Texture; Tires; Wear
- Old TRIS Terms: Cementing agents
- Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00168029
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM