Recommended Laboratory Test for Predicting the Initial Retroreflectivity of Pavement Markings from Glass Bead Quality

Project Details
STATUS

Completed

START DATE

06/25/09

END DATE

11/30/12

FOCUS AREAS

Infrastructure

RESEARCH CENTERS InTrans, CTRE
SPONSORS

National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

Researchers
Principal Investigator
Omar Smadi

Director, CTRE

Co-Principal Investigator
Başak Aldemir Bektaş
Co-Principal Investigator
Neal Hawkins

Associate Director, InTrans

About the research

The objective of this research was to develop a recommended laboratory test for predicting the initial retroreflectivity of pavement markings in the field based on the quality of the glass beads. The test was to be rapid, repeatable and reproducible, cost-effective, practical, and verified and validated through measurements of the initial retroreflectivity of pavement markings applied in the field.

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