PAVEMENT TEXTURE SIGNIFICANCE AND MEASUREMENT - WHY ARE PAVEMENTS SLIPPERY WHEN WET?

Pavement surface texture is crucial to the availability of the skid resistance of pavement surfaces, but it has significance also for the generation of noise and spray by the tires, and for the glare on wet nights.Present knowledge indicates that it is possible to design surface courses with texture that gives maximum performance in all the above respects, but much remains to be learned before all necessary information can be codified in ASTM standards.

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  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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• Authors:
  • Meyer, W E
• Publication Date: 1991-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 28-31
• Serial:
  • ASTM Standardization News
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: ASTM International
  • ISSN: 1094-4656
  • Serial URL: http://www.astm.org/SNEWS/archive.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Friction; Pavement layers; Pavements; Portland cement; Skid resistance; Slipperiness; Smoothness; Wet weather
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement structure; Wet pavements
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement smoothness
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00605375
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1991 12:00AM