PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-09-0022
Project Name:	Integrated Texture-Noise Model Development
Status:	Active
Contact:	Last Name: Wiser First Name: Larry J Telephone: 202-493-3079 E-mail: larry.wiser@dot.gov
Organization:	Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office:	Office of Infrastructure Research and Development
Team:	Long-Term Pavement Performance Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s):	Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap
Project Description:	With recent advances in two-dimensional (2D) decomposition methods and laser sensor technology, a new method of analyzing 2- and three-dimensional (3D) texture and relating these texture profiles to tire-pavement noise is possible. Texture is related to all the functional surface characteristics parameters. When the relationship between texture profiles and friction, and texture and tire-pavement noise is established, many of these significant functional parameters can be reliably predicted with one texture measurement. The development of the texture-noise relationship is one part of the surface characteristics model that will integrate texture, tire-pavement noise, smoothness, and friction. As texture measurements are possible at highway speeds, the results of this research would also have applications for agencies to perform network-level management of smoothness, texture/friction, and tire-pavement noise.
Laboratories:	Digital Highway Measurement Laboratory
Start Date:	July 21, 2009
End Date:	February 20, 2013
Funding Amount:	$538,697.00
FHWA Program Name:	Innovative Pavement Research and Deployment
Goals:	The key objective is to develop an integrated texture-noise model relating sound intensity and decomposed pavement profile.
Project Type:	Onsite and Offsite
Background Information:	Data not yet available
Test Methodology:	Data not yet available
Other Information:	Data not yet available
Partners:	Federal Highway Administration: Office of Research, Development, and Technology - Office of Safety Research and Development; Role(s): Other stakeholder Federal Highway Administration: Office of Research, Development, and Technology - Office of Infrastructure Research and Development; Role(s): Advisory, Technical, Other stakeholder Federal Highway Administration: Office of Infrastructure - Office of Pavement Technology; Role(s): Advisory Federal Highway Administration: Resource Center; Role(s): Technical
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	Texture is related to all the functional surface characteristics parameters. When the relationship between texture profiles and friction, and texture and tire-pavement noise is established, many of these significant functional parameters can be reliably predicted with one texture measurement. As texture measurements are possible at highway speeds, the potential is there to have network-level management of smoothness, texture/friction, and tire-pavement noise.
Deliverables:	1. Name: Final report. Product Type(s): Research report, Data Description: The deliverable is a final report documenting the research approach, key findings, recommendations, and implications. Audiences: Researchers, Equipment vendors Secondary Audiences: 2. Name: Stand-alone guide. Product Type(s): Research report, Draft standard, specifications, or guidelines Description: The deliverable is a stand-alone guide to provide guidelines regarding: (A) A synchronized texture-smoothness-noise acquisition platform.(B) A process of reducing texture-smoothness-noise to their intrinsic components.(C) A comprehensive model to identify the sources of tire-pavement interaction noise.(D) Recommendations discovered during the conduct of this work on how to consider other fundamental pavement surface measurements – e.g. splash spray, near pavement surface measurements using ground penetrating radar, and multispectrum infrared data. Audiences: Equipment vendors, Researchers, State highway agencies, Implementers Secondary Audiences: 3. Name: Analytical tools. Product Type(s): Software, Data, Hardware Description: Along with the final report, deliver the hardware, dataset, annotated source, executable code, and required Federal Highway Administration documentation for software developed for users under this project (if applicable). Audiences: Researchers, State highway agencies, Federal Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center staff, Long-term pavement performance stakeholders, Implementers Secondary Audiences:
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Project Findings:	Data not yet available
FHWA Topics:	Roads and Bridges--Pavement and Materials
TRT Terms:	Tire/Pavement Noise Macrotexture Infrastructure Pavements Research Texture
FHWA Disciplines:	Pavement and Materials
Subject Areas:	Materials Pavements Research Environment