New Laboratory Design Tools and Field Performance Monitoring Equipment for Permeable Friction Courses

Permeable Friction Course (PFC) mixes have proven to be excellent mixes that exhibit a number of desirable characteristics: rut resistance, crack resistance, reduced wet weather splash spray, reduced tire noise, and increased visibility of pavement markers during heavy rain. The Texas Department of Transportation pays a premium price for these benefits, which are sometimes short-lived, and several districts have restricted their use because of premature raveling problems. This study was initiated to address these performance issues. It focused on the following three topics: (1) Developing new laboratory test protocols to be used at the design stage to potentially eliminate mixes with stripping susceptibility. (2) Monitoring the performance on sections constructed with new specifications with changes aimed at minimizing performance problems such as the new coarse graded asphalt rubber PFC. (3) Construct an automated splash spray monitoring system to measure how existing PFC pavements are performing, thereby helping to optimize future designs.

• Record URL:
  http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-6741-1.pdf
• Record URL:
  http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-6741-P1.pdf
• Summary URL:
  https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=OWE3NjYzNTktYzJmNC00ZTAwLThmMjItYzhmNzNiYTFmNzdh&rID=MjY0NTU%3D&sID=MQ%3D%3D&qrs=VHJ1ZQ%3D%3D&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewestTxdotResearch+%28New+TxDOT+Research+Publications+%28Feed%29%29
• Summary URL:
  http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-6741-S.pdf
• Summary URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37477
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Project Title: Longer Lasting Permeable Friction Courses (PFCs).
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Office, P.O. Box 5080
  Austin, TX  United States  78763-5080

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Scullion, Tom
  • Arambula, Edith
  • Estakhri, Cindy
  • Liu, Wenting
  • Fernando, Emmanuel
  • Harrison, Gerry
• Publication Date: 2016-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 76p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt rubber; Field tests; Friction course; Laboratory tests; Mix design; Pavement performance; Porous pavements; Specifications; Splashing; Stripping (Pavements); Test procedures; Test sections
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01597460
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-15/0-6741-1, 0-6741-1
• Contract Numbers: 0-6741
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 28 2016 2:42PM