Pavement Surface Mixture, Texture, and Skid Resistance: A Factorial Analysis

Skidding on wet pavements contributes to a substantial portion of highway crashes. The resistance to skidding however depends on the microtexture and macrotexture available on pavement surfaces. Several past studies have focused this aspect but with inadequate or inconsistent conclusions. The uniqueness of this study is that surface texture performance has been evaluated controlling the variability in aggregate mineralogy, environmental …