Evaluation of Polymer-Modified Pervious Concrete to Traffic Safety

Environmentally friendly pervious concrete has been traditionally limited to low speed, light traffic roads and parking lot due to durability concerns. A recently proposed research to the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will make it possible to apply pervious concrete to heavily trafficked major highway as well. This proposed STC matching research will analyze the improved safety benefit of applying pervious concrete to major highways. Additional safety related testing will be conducted in the laboratory. Through a comprehensive literature review, international survey, and analyses of the materials' safety parameters, the safety benefit of pervious concrete in highway applications will be quantified. Based on the results from this study, safety considerations will be incorporated into the future GDOT material and design specifications for pervious concrete pavements

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $25011.00
• Contract Numbers:

  RO1-1313-120

  YI-PO2

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Performing Organizations:

  Southeastern Transportation Center

  University of Tennessee
  309 Conference Center Building
  Knoxville, TN  United States  37996-4133
• Principal Investigators:

  Huang, Baoshan

• Start Date: 20081001
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20100430
• Source Data: RiP Project 25546

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway design; Parking facilities; Pavement performance; Road construction; Traffic loads; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Polymer modification
• Geographic Terms: Georgia
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; I30: Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01461603
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Southeastern Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: RO1-1313-120, YI-PO2
• Files: UTC, RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:49PM