Abstract
Standard pavement types and experimental surfaces on roads throughout Kentucky were evaluated in terms of skid resistance and effects of traffic, wear, and polishing. Friction-vs-speed gradients and the relationships between locked-wheel and incipient friction were determined. Asphaltic concrete pavements on high-speed, four-lane roads were found to be significantly more skid resistant than on two-lane highways and somewhat more skid resistant than concrete surfaces (especially those containing calcareous gravel aggregates). Sand-asphalt surfaces containing significant proportions of limestone sands showed inadequate level of friction for the traffic sustained. Several experimental sand asphalts without limestone sands exhibited greater skid resistance; Kentucky rock asphalt surfaces remain the most skid resistant of all surfaces investigated.
Report Date
9-1972
Report Number
No. 347
Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1972.347
Repository Citation
Rizenbergs, Rolands L.; Burchett, James L.; and Napier, Cass T., "Skid Resistance of Pavements [Sept. 1972]" (1972). Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report. 929.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ktc_researchreports/929
Notes
Prepared for publication by ASTM In conjunction with papers presented at a Symposium on Skid Resistance during ASTM Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California, on June 28, 1972.