Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11147/12409
Title: Site assessment of surface texture and skid resistance by varying the grit parameters of an SMA
Authors: Gökalp, İslam
Uz, Volkan Emre
Saltan, Mehmet
Tepe, Mehtap
Keywords: Gritting
Surface texture
Skid resistance
Sustainability
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Abstract: For the sale operation of vehicles, pavement should provide adequate skid resistance, which can be achieved by using high polishing-resistant aggregate in wearing courses. However, supplying high-quality aggregate is not always feasible due to high transportation costs. For this reason, a method called gritting was adapted to meet the Highway Technical Specification (HTS) of Turkey in 2013. According to the method, for certain parts of the country, the wearing course can be constructed with local aggregates that have minimum polished stone value (PSV) of 40 (PSV >= 40), but, in this case, the surface must be covered with a high polishing-resistant aggregate (PSV >= 50), after the rollers' first pass. The objective of this study was to improve the present gritting method by investigating the effect of grit parameters on pavement performance under real traffic conditions. In this regard, during its construction, the wearing course of 0-51 Highway was gritted with different aggregate types (slags and natural), sizes (1-3; 1-5 mm), spreading amount (1.5; 2; 2.5 kg/m(2)), and spreading time (before and after the first pass of a roller) on eight test sections. Then, the macrotexture and skid resistance performance of these sections were evaluated under real traffic and environmental conditions for longer than 4 years. Changes in surface texture and skid resistance with respect to traffic were determined for each section. The results showed that higher skid resistance values were obtained at the sections gritted with metallurgical slags. Additionally, the sections gritted with 1-5 mm aggregates had better skid resistance than those gritted with 1-3 mm, while the change in mean texture depths were not very significant.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/JPEODX.0000369
https://hdl.handle.net/11147/12409
ISSN: 2573-5438
Appears in Collections:Civil Engineering / İnşaat Mühendisliği
Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection
WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection

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