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Texturing of Concrete Pavements (2009)

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TRANSPORTAT ION RESEARCH BOARD WASHINGTON, D.C. 2009 www.TRB.org N A T I O N A L C O O P E R A T I V E H I G H W A Y R E S E A R C H P R O G R A M NCHRP REPORT 634 Subject Areas Materials and Construction Texturing of Concrete Pavements J. W. Hall K. L. Smith A N D P. Littleton APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. Vicksburg, MS Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration

NATIONAL COOPERATIVE HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM Systematic, well-designed research provides the most effective approach to the solution of many problems facing highway administrators and engineers. Often, highway problems are of local interest and can best be studied by highway departments individually or in cooperation with their state universities and others. However, the accelerating growth of highway transportation develops increasingly complex problems of wide interest to highway authorities. These problems are best studied through a coordinated program of cooperative research. In recognition of these needs, the highway administrators of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials initiated in 1962 an objective national highway research program employing modern scientific techniques. This program is supported on a continuing basis by funds from participating member states of the Association and it receives the full cooperation and support of the Federal Highway Administration, United States Department of Transportation. The Transportation Research Board of the National Academies was requested by the Association to administer the research program because of the Board’s recognized objectivity and understanding of modern research practices. The Board is uniquely suited for this purpose as it maintains an extensive committee structure from which authorities on any highway transportation subject may be drawn; it possesses avenues of communications and cooperation with federal, state and local governmental agencies, universities, and industry; its relationship to the National Research Council is an insurance of objectivity; it maintains a full-time research correlation staff of specialists in highway transportation matters to bring the findings of research directly to those who are in a position to use them. The program is developed on the basis of research needs identified by chief administrators of the highway and transportation departments and by committees of AASHTO. Each year, specific areas of research needs to be included in the program are proposed to the National Research Council and the Board by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. 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Published reports of the NATIONAL COOPERATIVE HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM are available from: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 and can be ordered through the Internet at: http://www.national-academies.org/trb/bookstore Printed in the United States of America NCHRP REPORT 634 Project 10-67 ISSN 0077-5614 ISBN 978-0-309-11792-0 Library of Congress Control Number 2009933398 © 2009 Transportation Research Board COPYRIGHT PERMISSION Authors herein are responsible for the authenticity of their materials and for obtaining written permissions from publishers or persons who own the copyright to any previously published or copyrighted material used herein. Cooperative Research Programs (CRP) grants permission to reproduce material in this publication for classroom and not-for-profit purposes. 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CRP STAFF FOR NCHRP REPORT 634 Christopher W. Jenks, Director, Cooperative Research Programs Crawford F. Jencks, Deputy Director, Cooperative Research Programs Amir N. Hanna, Senior Program Officer Eileen P. Delaney, Director of Publications Hilary Freer, Senior Editor NCHRP PROJECT 10-67 PANEL Field of Materials and Construction—Area of Specifications, Procedures, and Practices Thomas M. Hearne, Jr., North Carolina DOT, Harrisburg, NC (Chair) Brad W. Allen, New York State DOT, Albany, NY James W. Mack, CEMEX, Houston, TX Matthew W. Mueller, Illinois DOT, Springfield, IL Thomas A. Pyle, California DOT, Sacramento, CA J. Jeffrey Seiders, Jr., Texas DOT, Austin, TX John H. Tenison, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Albuquerque, NM Roger L. Wayson, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL Mark Swanlund, FHWA Liaison Stephen F. Maher, TRB Liaison C O O P E R A T I V E R E S E A R C H P R O G R A M S

This report presents a recommended process for determining the type of concrete pave- ment texture that should be used for a specific highway project. The process considers the effects of texture type on friction and noise characteristics. The report will guide pavement and construction engineers in identifying and specifying textures for concrete pavements that will provide adequate surface characteristics. The information contained in the report will be of immediate interest to state engineers and others concerned with concrete pave- ment design and construction. Tining—a means of texturing newly constructed concrete pavements—is generally per- formed to enhance pavement-surface macro-texture to improve pavement-surface fric- tional characteristics and reduce potential for hydroplaning, skidding, and wet-weather crashes. However, there has been a concern that tining has evolved without adequate con- sideration of the effects on noise generation, long-term durability, smoothness, con- structibility, pavement serviceability, and cost-effectiveness. Other options for texturing concrete pavements might provide better performance and yield environmental and eco- nomic benefits. Furthermore, no widely accepted guidelines or procedures for identifying and selecting methods of texturing concrete pavements that consider relevant technical, environmental, economic, and safety issues are available. Thus, research was needed to develop a rational procedure for use by highway agency personnel in identifying and select- ing texturing methods that will provide adequate surface characteristics for concrete pave- ments. Under NCHRP Project 10-67, “Texturing of Concrete Pavements,” Applied Research Associates, Inc., worked with the objective of recommending appropriate methods for tex- turing concrete pavements for specific applications and ranges of climatic, site, and traffic conditions. These methods were to include tining and other means of texturing fresh and hardened concrete so as to enhance surface frictional characteristics. To accomplish this objective, the researchers reviewed available information on methods for texturing concrete pavements; conducted texture, friction, and noise measurements on in-service pavements in 13 states; identified textures likely to provide adequate surface characteristics; and inves- tigated these textures through in-service measurements on specially constructed sections in a paving project. Based on this work, the researchers proposed a process for determining the type of texture that should be used for a specific highway project. The proposed process will be particularly useful to highway agencies because its use will help identify textures that will provide adequate surface characteristics for concrete pavements. Appendixes A through F contained in the research agency’s final report provide detailed information on the literature review, test results, and data analysis, as well as a sample spec- F O R E W O R D By Amir N. Hanna Staff Officer Transportation Research Board

ification for texture. These appendixes are not published herein; but they are available on the TRB website. These appendixes are titled as follows: Appendix A: State-of-the-Practice in Concrete Pavement Texturing Appendix B: Report on Highway Agency and Industry Interviews Appendix C: Existing Texture Test Sections Appendix D: Texture, Friction, and Noise Results for Existing Test Sections Appendix E: Texture, Friction, and Noise Results for Newly Constructed Test Sections Appendix F: Sample Specifications for Texture

C O N T E N T S 1 Summary 5 Chapter 1 Introduction 5 Background 5 Description of the Problem 6 Project Objectives and Scope 6 Work Approach 6 Overview of Report 7 Chapter 2 State of the Practice 7 Literature Review 7 State and Industry Interviews 7 State-of-the-Practice Summary 14 Chapter 3 Evaluation of Existing Texture Test Sections 14 Test Section Selection 14 Collection of Pavement Data 18 Test Section Descriptions 18 Texture, Friction, and Noise Testing of Existing Texture Test Sections 20 Agency-Supplied Friction Data 20 Texture, Friction, and Noise Test Results 27 Chapter 4 Construction and Evaluation of New Test Sections 27 Selecting Surface Textures for Detailed Evaluation 27 Identification of a Candidate Paving Project 27 Project Overview 27 Construction of New Test Sections 30 Collection of Concrete Data 35 Texture, Friction, and Noise Test Procedures 38 Texture, Friction, and Noise Test Results 40 Chapter 5 Data Analysis 41 Spectral Analyses 48 Comparative/Qualitative Analyses 72 Statistical Analyses 79 Texture Construction Analyses 81 Chapter 6 Texture Selection Process 81 Texture Selection 90 Example Application of Texture Selection Process 90 Texture Construction Specifications and Practices

92 Chapter 7 Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Research 92 Conclusions 93 Recommendations for Future Research 94 References 96 Abbreviations and Acronyms

AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The research described herein was performed under NCHRP Project 10-67 by the Transportation Sec- tor of Applied Research Associates (ARA), Inc. Dr. Jim W. Hall, Jr., was the Principal Investigator for the study. Dr. Hall was supported in the research by ARA Research Engineers Mr. Kelly Smith, Mr. Paul Littleton, Dr. Shreenath Rao, and by former ARA Research Engineer Mr. Lynn Evans. Four project consultants— Dr. James Wambold (CDRM, Inc. and Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State Uni- versity), Dr. David Kuemmel (D.A. Kuemmel Consulting Engineers and Adjunct Professor at Marquette University), Mr. John Jaeckel (HNTB Corporation), and Mr. David Wittwer (United Paving Contractors, Inc.)—also contributed significantly to the study. The authors gratefully acknowledge those individuals from state departments of transportation (DOTs), industry organizations, and academia who participated in the interviews and/or provided impor- tant information and documentation for this project. The authors also express their gratitude to the Ari- zona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin DOTs for accommodating the data collection requests and the field testing on pavement test sections in their respective states. Grateful recognition also goes to the Illinois Tollway for sponsoring the construction of texture test sec- tions on the I-355 South Extension, as well as to the various entities who were actively involved in the con- struction of those sections, including H.W. Lochner, Inc. (construction consultant), K-Five Construction Co. (PCC paving contractor), Everest Engineering (quality assurance/quality control testing), and Qual- ity Saw and Seal, Inc. (subcontractor, diamond grinding and grooving). Finally, the team would like to acknowledge the following individuals and agencies who provided direct or indirect assistance in the testing of texture test sections: • Dr. J.J. Henry—Provision of DF Tester and CT Meter equipment for testing of in-place test sections, and training in the use of the DF Tester and CT Meter, including data collection, troubleshooting, data transfer, and data analysis. • Dr. Paul Donavan—Calibration testing of SI noise measuring system with Illingworth & Rod- kin (I&R) SI system. • Dr. Susanne Aref (Aref Consulting Group)—Statistical consulting and analyses using the SAS® statistical software. • Mr. Curt Beckemeyer and Mr. Bill Vavrik (ARA, Inc.)—Soliciting and securing the partici- pation of the Illinois Tollway in the texture construction demonstration. • National Center for Asphalt Testing (NCAT)—DF Tester and CT Meter testing of both in- service and newly constructed test sections. • International Cybernetics Corporation (ICC)—Provision, servicing, and calibration testing of ICC MDR 4081-T high-speed 64 kHz laser texture measurement system, and ASTM E 274 locked-wheel friction testing of new texture test sections. • Dynatest Consulting, Inc.—ASTM E 274 locked-wheel friction testing of new texture test sections. • Bruel & Kjaer—Training on the setup and use of the B&K PULSE analyzer and sound inten- sity (SI) measurement system, and the PULSE noise evaluation software and hardware. • G.R.A.S. Sound and Vibration—Acoustical expertise and supply of phase-matched sound intensity microphones, free-field microphones, pre-amplifiers, and cables. • Goodyear and Michelin Tire Companies—Supply of standard reference test tires.

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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 634: Texturing of Concrete Pavements explores a recommended process for determining the type of concrete pavement texture that may be used for a specific highway project. The process considers the effects of texture type on friction and noise characteristics.

Appendixes A through F contained in the research agency’s final report are available online. The appendixes provide detailed information on the literature review, test results, and data analysis, as well as a sample specification for texture.

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