摘要

This paper presents a development in measuring skid resistance in a laboratory performance test for chip seal. It is important to develop a relationship between the British pendulum test (BPT) and the locked-wheel skid test (LWST), or grip tester (GT). The chip seal is a typical pavement preservation treatment used by the North Carolina Dept. of Transportation (NCDOT). In North America, loss of skid resistance is a common road condition that indicates the need for a chip seal, as one of the major advantages of chip seal is an increase in skid resistance. Most agencies have a specified cycle in which skid resistance is measured as a part of their pavement-management system. These skid resistance measurements are invaluable when deciding which roads require chip seal [Gransberg, D. D. and James, D. M. B., %26quot;Chip Seal Best Practices,%26quot; NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice 342, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2005]. In this study, skid resistance was evaluated on 14 selected chip seals using three different tests: the BPT, LWST, and GT. The correlation between British pendulum number (BPN) and skid number (SN) was relatively strong with an R-2 value of 0.74. This finding indicated that the BPN measured in the laboratory could be utilized for predicting the SN, which cannot be measured in the laboratory.

  • 出版日期2012-7