Use of a Portable Friction Tester on Snow and Ice Pavement

The objective of this project was to determine if portable friction testers could be used for friction measurements on compacted snow and ice surfaces. First, the effect of cold temperatures on the operation, consistency, and accuracy of commercially available portable pavement friction measuring tools was evaluated. Tests entailed a series of experiments in a controlled cold room environment. Two portable fixed slip continuous measurement devices and one deceleration spot measurement device were evaluated. The controlled temperature testing determined how ambient temperature and duration of exposure can affect results, but that with care, the devices could be operated in conditions as cold as ˗25°C. This was followed by using one of the devices on outdoor testing on snow, ice, and asphalt surfaces and compared the portable tester to the well-known SAAB vehicle runway friction tester. Results showed good agreement between the portable tester and the SAAB Friction tester, providing validation for the operational use of a portable tester on frozen surfaces.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483589.019
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2021 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Menke, Amelia
  • Shoop, Sally
  • Elder, Bruce
• Conference:
  • Regional Conference on Permafrost 2021 and the 19th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering
  • Date: 2021-10-24 to 2021-10-29
• Publication Date: 2021-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 203-213
• Monograph Title: Permafrost 2021: Merging Permafrost Science and Cold Regions Engineering

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Friction; Icy roads; Portable equipment; Snow; Snow and ice control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01788820
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784483589
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Nov 18 2021 12:14PM