A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
The Illinois Division of Highways, to improve its knowledge of the factors that influence skid resistance and to devise means for improving the skid resistance of Illinois pavements, has entered upon a research undertaking that will involve a considerable amount of skid testing of pavements. The Illinois study is divided into five separate phases of work: development and calibration of skid-testing equipment; evaluation of skid resistance of existing pavement surfaces; determination of polishing characteristics of aggregates; development of procedures for improving skid resistance of existing pavements; and establishment of criteria for the skid resistance of pavements. This report covers the equipment development portion of the project. It presents a review that was made of existing skid-testing devices, describes the considerations that went into the selection of a device for the present project, outlines the design criteria established for the selected equipment, and describes the device designed and constructed to meet these criteria. The needs of the remaining phases of the project, as well as future anticipated operational needs, were prime considerations in the ultimate selection of the test equipment. (BPR abstract)
The Illinois Division of Highways, to improve its knowledge of the factors that influence skid resistance and to devise means for improving the skid resistance of Illinois pavements, has entered upon a research undertaking that will involve a considerable amount of skid testing of pavements. The Illinois study is divided into five separate phases of work: development and calibration of skid-testing equipment; evaluation of skid resistance of existing pavement surfaces; determination of polishing characteristics of aggregates; development of procedures for improving skid resistance of existing pavements; and establishment of criteria for the skid resistance of pavements. This report covers the equipment development portion of the project. It presents a review that was made of existing skid-testing devices, describes the considerations that went into the selection of a device for the present project, outlines the design criteria established for the selected equipment, and describes the device designed and constructed to meet these criteria. The needs of the remaining phases of the project, as well as future anticipated operational needs, were prime considerations in the ultimate selection of the test equipment. (BPR abstract)
Selection and Design of a Skid Tester
E. J. Kubiak (author)
1970
23 pages
Report
No indication
English
| NTIS | 1971
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