This report describes the first stage in a program of work that is being carried out by TRRL with the object of developing a machine for the routine measurement of the macro-texture of road surfaces. It gives an account of a system, using a contactless sensor mounted in a moving vehicle, that has been used to measure the texture-depth of substantial lengths of Motorway M1. The main findings of the study were as follows: (1) The system is capable of continuous texture measurement at speeds of at least 35 km/h. (2) The coefficient of variation of the averages of measurements obtained for 20-meter sub-section lengths of road was estimated to be about 5 percent. (3) The system provides a ready means of assessing the texture of large road networks, and so will assist in the setting of specification limits as well as providing a means of checking compliance. (4) The approximately 200 km length of motorway studied was found to have half of its length with a sand-patch equivalent texture depth of above 1.3 mm and only just over one percent below 0.5 mm. (Copyright (c) Crown Copyright 1979.)


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    Title :

    Measurement of the Macro-Texture of Roads. Part 1. Trials with the Contactless Sensor on Motorway M1


    Contributors:
    J. R. Hosking (author) / P. B. Still (author)

    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English