Development of field performance evaluation tools and program for pavement marking materials : technical report

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• Creators:
  Zhang, Yunlong ; Ge, Hancheng ; Pike, Adam ; Carlson, Paul
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Correlation Evaluation Field Tests Longitudinal Pavement Marking Materials Pavement Performance Reflectorized Road Markings Retroreflectivity Road Markings Transverse
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-11/0-5548-1 ; Report 0-5548-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Technical Report: September 2007¿August 2010
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  Historically the prequalification or selection of pavement marking materials (PMMs) is mainly based on
  
  product specifications and lab testing, which do not correlate well with the field performance of the products.
  
  On the other hand, there is no consensus on recommended procedure to design test deck and conduct field
  
  performance test. The objective of this project is to investigate field evaluation plans and procedures and
  
  develop field performance-based evaluation procedures for PMMs. Field decks are designed incorporating
  
  regular long lines, long line in the travel lane, and transverse lines for accelerated testing, while also
  
  considering different installation procedures. Three different test field deck sites are selected across the state
  
  considering area climate, roadway surface type, and traffic condition. Carefully selected PMM products are
  
  installed and monitored for their field performance over time. The relationships between transverse and
  
  longitudinal test decks are evaluated with correlation analysis. Analysis results indicate that the points on
  
  transverse lines have high correlation with the corresponding five or seven longitudinal long lines in the
  
  travel lane when retroreflectivity values of all products on a test deck are averaged. For individual products,
  
  the correlations between transverse line locations and corresponding long lines in the travel lane exist, albeit
  
  at a lower level. A tracking database is developed and can record and interactively query all relevant data, track
  
  individual jobs and products, and graphically display performance changes over time.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project 0-5548
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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