Asphalt Rubber – The Quiet Pavement?

The purpose of this paper is to present the finding of a study conducted by a group of Alberta transportation agencies. Although the primary goal of the trial project was to establish whether ARC was a viable alternative road surfacing material in Alberta’s climate, ARC has proven to reduce road noise on pavement. ARC is beneficial in that is has many benefits such as longer service life, reduced reflective cracking, reduced rutting, and reduced road noise. The study also studied road noise before and after ARC was installed in certain roadways. Theories developed from these studies including those of noise propagation and methodology of measuring the road noise, will be presented and a comparison between the road noise associated with ARC and previously existing conventional pavements will be discussed. The mechanism that results in lower road noise will be addressed as part of this discussion.

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  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

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• Authors:
  • Treleaven, Lyle
  • Pulles, Bert
  • Bilawchuk, Steven
  • Donovan, Hugh
• Conference:
  • Annual Conference & Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada, 2006. Congres et exposition annuels de l'Association des transport du Canada, 2006.
  • Location: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island , Canada
  • Date: 2006-9-17 to 2006-9-20
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 24p
• Monograph Title: Transportation without Boundaries

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt rubber; Asphalt rubber; Noise; Noise sources; Pavement design; Pavement layers; Pavement management systems; Pavement performance; Pavements; Rutting
• Identifier Terms: Alberta Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Quiet pavement systems; Quiet pavements; Reflective cracking
• Geographic Terms: Alberta
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01038634
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781551872250
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 29 2006 11:07AM