FOURTH CYCLE OF PAVEMENT RESEARCH AT THE PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH FACILITY, VOLUME 3, THE PAVEMENT ROUGHNESS RESEARCH FACILITY AND THE SKID RESISTANCE RESEARCH FACILITY. FINAL REPORT

This report describes the construction of and applications for two research facilities located at the Pennsylvania Transportation Research Facilities: the Pavement Roughness Research Facility and the Skid Resistance Research Facility. These facilities werer developed as a part of a larger project, Research Project 82-11, "Fourth Cycle of Research at the Pennsylvania Transportation Research Facility." The Pavement Roughness Research Facility consists of an 800-ft-long sinusoidal surface, which can be used to calibrate profilometers and response-type road roughness measurement systems. The Skid Resistance Research Facility includes eight test surfaces (skid pads), 6 ft wide by 200 ft long, which can be used to correlate the measurements of a road friction tester (skid tester) with a reference system. In addition, the facilities include a system for calibrating water nozzle flow and distribution.

• Corporate Authors:

  Pennsylvania State University, University Park

  Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Transportation Research Building
  University Park, PA  United States  16802

  Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

  Office of Research and Special Studies, P.O. Box 2926
  Harrisburg, PA  United States  17120

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Wambold, J C
  • Henry, J J
• Publication Date: 1984-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 32 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calibration; Equipment; Pavements; Profilometers; Research; Roughness; Skid resistance; Skid resistance tests
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Pavements; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00453735
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/PA 84-025, PTI 8418
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1986 12:00AM