THE USE OF EPOXY RESINS FOR ANTI-SKID SURFACES (IN FRENCH)

AFTER A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE POSSIBLE USES OF PLASTICS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES AN EXPERIMENTAL TRIAL OF AN ANTI-SKID SURFACE MADE FROM EPOXY RESIN CARRIED OUT BY THE LYONS REGIONAL LABORATORY. AFTER A PRELIMINARY STUDY INVOLVING THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF RESINS AND HARDENERS, FORMULATION TESTS WERE CARRIED OUT. A TRIAL ON ABOUT 100 SQUARE METERS WAS THEN MADE, ON A MAIN ROAD IN THE LYONS AREA CARRYING HEAVY TRAFFIC, IN A ZONE OF ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION. TWO AGGREGATES REPUTED TO BE OF HIGH QUALITY WERE ADOPTED FOR THIS TRIAL: GRANUSIL AND LUMISILICE. PERIODICAL TESTS AND OBSERVATIONS REVEALED THAT AN EPOXY RESIN ON A BITUMINOUS ROAD SURFACE WAS A POSSIBILITY, AND AN APPROPRIATE RESIN HARDENING SYSTEM WAS ADOPTED. THE AGGREGATE HAS TO BE JUDICIOUSLY CHOSEN, MOREOVER; ALTHOUGH THE RUGOSITY WAS EXCELLENT INITIALLY, THE AGGREGATES SELECTED IN THIS CASE CANNOT BE SAID TO HAVE COME UP TO EXPECTATIONS. CONSIDERABLE WEAR WAS OBSERVED AFTER A VERY SHORT TIME. AT THE PRESENT TIME, SUCH A SURFACE IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND APPEARS TO BE RESERVED FOR SPECIAL CASES. /LCPC/A/RRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 25, pp I.36-I.50, 4 FIG, 2 TAB, 9 PHOT
• Authors:
  • Benoit, O
• Publication Date: 1967-6

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Bull Liaison Labs Routiers /France/
  • Publisher: Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Bituminous materials; Chemical analysis; Costs; Epoxy resins; Oil spill cleanup; Plastics; Surface treating; Traffic; Wear
• Old TRIS Terms: Bituminous surfacing; Deslicking treatment; Hardeners; Physical analysis
• Subject Areas: Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216473
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1970 12:00AM