ASPHALT'S VALUE ADDED ATTRIBUTES: VIP'S

The full benefits of the leading product in flexible pavements, hot mix asphalt, are often forgotten in the decision making process in road design and surfacing selection. Frequently decisions are based on cost benefit analysis, or are the result of complex models of expected pavement performance and mathematical methods which attempt to convert today's knowledge to a long distant future failure mechanism. Whilst this concept is valuable and follows a rational and scientific process, the methods often exclude the "hard to do" aspects. These include, amongst others, the impact of the changes in road user profile, changed vehicle handling and loading, intelligent transport systems, environmental and human costs of noise and congestion, to name just a few. The value added attributes described in this paper are those that have a marked effect on road user and road owner benefit or safety , but are largely ignored due to lack of information and costs to include in the current decision models. In this paper, noise and spray will be addressed in some detail. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E210251.

• Record URL:
  • http://arrbknowledge.com
• Corporate Authors:

  Australian Asphalt Pavement Association

  Level 2, 5 Wellington Street
  Kew, Victoria  Australia  3101
• Authors:
  • VOS, R
• Conference:
  • AAPA INTERNATIONAL FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS CONFERENCE, 12TH, 2003, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 10 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bituminous mixtures; Conferences; Costs; Flexible pavements; Motor vehicles; Noise; Noise barriers; Pavements; Performance; Splashing; Standardization; Sustainable development
• ITRD Terms: 4967: Bituminous mixture; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 5910: Durability; 2944: Flexible pavement; 2492: Noise; 2886: Noise barrier; 2955: Pavement; 9146: Spray (veh); 9075: Standardization; 2427: Sustainability
• Subject Areas: Environment; Finance; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00974501
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 4 2004 12:00AM