The management of skid resistance on a state highway network

The Northland network is some 750 km in length and passes through a wide variety of terrain types and degrees of geometric difficulty. Heavy goods vehicle traffic levels are high in some sections, leading to rapid polishing of surface aggregates and a consequent rapid loss of skidding resistance, particularly in sections of terrain with corners of low radii. Experience has indicated that skid resistance levels on the network can not be assumed adequate simply based on a network survey performed once a year as the skid resistance, as measured by the SCRIM machine changes rapidly, depending on weather conditions and traffic loading. The recorded skid resistance is also affected by uncertainty associated with spatial referencing issues and the precision limits of measurement. The review describes investigation and work, previously published and unpublished, relating to the network and illustrates the issues to be considered by a highway network manager when using key performance measure assessment techniques. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E212865.

• Authors:
  • HAYDON, M
• Publication Date: 2005-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 15P (SESSION 4)
• Monograph Title: International Surface Friction Conference: roads and runways: improving safety through assessment and design, 1-4 May 2005, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Serial:
  • INTERNATIONAL SURFACE FRICTION CONFERENCE, 2005, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
  • Publisher: TRANSIT NEW ZEALAND

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Conferences; Data collection; Management; Networks; Pavements; Performance; Properties of materials; Quality assurance; Roads; Skid resistance; Surfaces
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 8525: Conference; 8623: Data acquisition; 5910: Durability; 6440: Error; 2755: Highway; 2955: Pavement; 5925: Properties; 9123: Quality assurance; 1053: Road network; 3031: Skid resistance; 6438: Surface
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Pavements; I10: Economics and Administration; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01026738
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 5 2006 12:06PM