Abstract
The paper presents a comparison of the skid resistance of concrete pavements textured with different techniques in the process of simulating phenomena occurring in actual road conditions. Tests were carried out on five different texturing methods for concrete pavements: burlap drag (BuD), brush drag (BrD), transverse tining (TT), longitudinal tining (LT) and exposed aggregate concrete (EAC). Changes in the skid resistance were recorded by measurements with a British pendulum tester and a circular texture meter before and during the simulation of the abrasion (1st phase of test) and polishing (2nd phase of test) of specimens using a slab polisher. The results of BPN (British pendulum number) and MPD (mean profile depth) allowed us to determine the influence of microtexture and macrotexture on skid resistance. Analysis of variance showed that the method of texturing concrete pavements has a significant influence on the mean BPN values as well as the MPD parameter at each stage of the test. In order to distinguish homogeneous groups in terms of BPN and MPD levels at the particular stages of the process, the Tukey’s HSD (honest significant difference) post-hoc test was performed. It was found that EAC obtained the most favorable results of all the tested pavement types. Due to the high value of the MPD coefficient after the test and the appropriate values of the friction coefficient, it was confirmed that the EAC pavement will be a durable solution due to the guarantee of skid resistance on high-speed roads during its service life.
Highlights
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, Bialystok University of Technology, Citation: Gierasimiuk, P.; Wasilewska, Abstract: The paper presents a comparison of the skid resistance of concrete pavements textured with different techniques in the process of simulating phenomena occurring in actual road conditions
Skid resistance is one of the features of the road surface that significantly affects the safety of users
Numerous studies have shown that the micro- and macrotexture of the pavement significantly affects the skid resistance
Summary
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, Bialystok University of Technology, Citation: Gierasimiuk, P.; Wasilewska, Abstract: The paper presents a comparison of the skid resistance of concrete pavements textured with different techniques in the process of simulating phenomena occurring in actual road conditions. Tests were carried out on five different texturing methods for concrete pavements: burlap drag (BuD), brush drag (BrD), transverse tining (TT), longitudinal tining (LT) and exposed aggregate concrete (EAC). Analysis of variance showed that the method of texturing concrete pavements has a significant influence on the mean BPN values as well as the MPD parameter at each stage of the test. Skid resistance is one of the features of the road surface that significantly affects the safety of users. It is defined as the characterization of the friction of a road surface when measured in accordance with a standardized method. The more advantageous techniques for texturing concrete pavements, both damaged and newly constructed, include the exposed aggregate concrete (EAC) method, the grinding and grooving method and the generation concrete surface (NGCS) [3,4,5,6,7]
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