SURFACE PROPERTIES OF THE PAVEMENTS - POLAND

THE EVENNESS OF A PAVEMENT IS MEASURED BY MEANS OF: A STRAIGHT-EDGE 3 METERS LONG, A PROFILOGRAPH, AND A VIBROMETER. RUGOSITY IS TESTED BY MEANS OF A MEASURING TRAILER OR AN APPARATUS DEVELOPED FOR HIGH-SPEED MEASUREMENT CALLED THE WP-1 APPARATUS. TESTS CONDUCTED WITH THE PROFILOGRAPH DEMONSTRATED THAT IT IS THOROUGHLY SUITABLE FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE EVENNESS OF NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PAVEMENTS. THE INSTRUMENT FOR TESTING EVENNESS BY MEANS OF A VIBROMETER WHICH IS NOW IN THE COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT WILL BE EMPLOYED FOR EVALUATING THE EVENNESS OF PAVEMENTS ON ALL ROADS ALREADY CONSTRUCTED. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT BY APPLYING A SUITABLE TECHNIQUE, IT IS POSSIBLE TO CONSTRUCT BITUMINOUS PAVEMENTS WHOSE RUGOSITY CORRESPONDS TO THE GOOD OR EVEN EXCELLENT RUGOSITY OF CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS. EFFORTS MUST BE MADE TO WORK OUT A METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE NUMERICAL VALUE OF THE COEFFICIENT OF SKIDDING RESISTANCE BY APPLICATION OF THE NEWLY DEVELOPED RUGOSITY MEASURING INSTRUMENT.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No I-14, pp 22-28, 2 FIG
• Authors:
  • Wojciechowski, H
• Publication Date: 1967

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Perm Intl Assoc Road Congresses Proc
  • Publisher: Xiiith Congress, Tokyo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bituminous pavements; Durability; Measuring instruments; Pavements; Profilometers; Road meters; Skid resistance; Skid resistance tests; Skidding; Smoothness; Surface course (Pavements); Texture; Vibration devices
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement smoothness; Vibrators
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00206690
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1994 12:00AM