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The effect of asphalt mixture materials on changes of the road surface texture

Abstract

In the period 2004-2008, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration conducted a research and development project called "Environmentally Friendly Pavements". In this project, different road surfaces were tested regarding their texture and noise characteristics. Follow-up measurements, including texture and noise measurements, were performed on a number of dense surfaces in 2009 and 2010. The results show that the biggest changes in texture and noise levels occur after the first winter season with exposure to studded tires. These changes are correlated to the asphalt mixture. The aggregates used in the asphalt mixtures on the different road sections vary in rock type, maximum aggregate size and grading. In addition, the used binders differ in content and type. About 1/3 of the tested asphalt mixtures contain a polymer modified binder. The data for all dense asphalt mixtures tested have been analyzed to find correlations between the specific material characteristics and the texture properties. This paper reports the results of these analyses of the material characteristics and their effect on the changes of the road surface texture. The strong correlation between road surface texture and tire/road noise allows additional assumptions regarding noise performance.

Category

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Language

English

Author(s)

  • D Fritzsche
  • Svein Ådne Storeheier
  • Helge Mork

Affiliation

  • Diverse norske bedrifter og organisasjoner
  • SINTEF Digital / Sustainable Communication Technologies
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Year

2012

Publisher

Curran Associates, Inc.

Book

Proceedings of Inter-Noise 2012 : held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Noise Control and Acoustics Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ; New York, New York, USA, August 19 - 22, 2012

ISBN

9781627485609

Page(s)

5118 - 5129

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