Smooth, Quiet, Safe Concrete Pavements: Scoping Study (Proj. 14)

Principal Investigator:

James K. Cable, jkcable@iastate.edu (other projects)

Co-Principal Investigator:

• Stephen Karamihas, stevemk@umich.edu (other projects)
• Dale Harrington (other projects)

Project Status: In Progress

Start Date: 10/01/2003
End Date: 03/31/2004

Reports:

• 03/01/2004, http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/reports/smooth_quiet.pdf 234 kb (*pdf)

Research Objective: Current public surveys indicate that the traveling public wishes to have smooth, quiet, and safe pavements. This project collected existing information and identified the challenges remaining to developing smooth, quiet, and safe concrete pavements. A framework for additional research was developed around the following areas: texture and traffic noise, pavement friction, and pavement smoothness.

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