FRICTION AND JOURNEY SPEED ON ROADS WITH VARIOUS WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE

Friktion och reshastighet på vägar med olika vinterväghållning

Under the heading "winter road maintenance - the influence of various operational measures on traffic" the institute investigates the effects on traffic of among other things sanding and salting. The purpose of this investigation is to clarify effects with regard to traffic safety, travelling speed, trafficability and friction. For practical reasons this work is divided into different substudies, each one giving a picture of the conditions in a certain road and traffic environment. In this report we intend to show how different standards of winter road maintenance influence both friction and journey speed. Stopping distances are calculated from the variables measured and are used as a complement to traffic accident. The studies were carried out on 16 roads with various traffic volumes, geometrical standards and winter road maintenance during the winters of 1978/79 and 1979/80. (Author/TRRL)

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  Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

  Linköping,   Sweden  SE-581 95
• Authors:
  • Öberg, Gudrun
• Publication Date: 1981

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 56 p.
• Serial:
  • Cimbra
  • ISSN: 0210-0479

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking performance; Deicing chemicals; Experimental roads; Friction; Highway maintenance; Mathematical models; Measurement; Sand; Speed; Stopping distances; Studded tires; Traffic safety; Traffic speed; Traffic volume; Travel; Winter maintenance
• Old TRIS Terms: Winter service
• ITRD Terms: 1695: Braking distance; 2598: Deicing; 2778: Experimental road; 5452: Friction; 698: Journey; 6473: Mathematical model; 6136: Measurement; 4105: Sand; 5408: Speed; 1382: Studded tyre; 2593: Winter maintenance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00369475
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 218 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1983 12:00AM